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McCain's Next Battle The Senator could be Bush's big headache. He wants to raise hell about campaign-finance reform BY JAMES CARNEY When George W. Bush swept into Washington last week, the Republican Party establishment threw itself at his feet. Thirty-six G.O.P. Senators, 100 Congressmen and 2,000 well-tailored donors, many of them lobbyists, all paid homage to the Texas Governor--a capital reception so warm and so lucrative that even the composed candidate seemed caught up in the hype. To the fawning Congressmen he gushed, "I look forward to working with you," as though he had already been elected President. And ...

Texas Gov. George W. Bush arrives in San Diego to kick off his first presidential swing into California, a two-day visit that ends Wednesday in Sacramento. Bush, who arrives with a full charter of national press - almost unheard of this early in a campaign season - seems to have all systems clicking. He is raising unprecedented amounts of money, collecting huge numbers of endorsements and articulating an interesting centrist message that is not only grabbing attention for himself, but starving his Republican competitors of the attention their campaigns so desperately need. Meanwhile, it scares Democrats half to death. ...

CNS Commentary from The Federalist "From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree." --Thomas PaineConstitutional conservatives defeated the most recent congressional round of "gun-control" legislation. This week, in rebuttal, a full-page advertisement hit newsstands around the country.Under the heading, "Open Letter to the National Rifle Association," Handgun Control, Inc. (HCI), an organization that purports to advocate gun-control measures ostensibly for reason of public safety, states, "We hate what guns are ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. LOS ANGELES (AP) - First it rained cats and dogs. Now El Nino has created a new scourge for Southern California - rats. Last year's intense rainy season boosted the growth of vegetation, creating more food and places to hide. As a result, the region has a booming population of rats, mice and other rodents, said Gail VanGordon, an entomologist with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Exterminators say their business is up 40 to 400 percent. ``For most of the country, the rodent season is March through ...

Nogales International News Nogales, Arizona Clinton Needs To Pay Attention To U.S. Border Problems Harold Kitching, Managing Editor Nogales AZ International News Wednesday, 05-May-99 Nogales, AZ--We don't find it odd that President Clinton backs an expensive bombing war in Europe yet refuses to pay attention to the war on his very own border with Mexico. He's never had a very clear understanding of foreign affairs -- and we use "affairs" to mean the political kind. Billions for bombs, little for home defense. We fail to see the difference in being shot at in Kosovo or being shot at on ...

John Berry, President Clinton's Assistant Secretary of the Interior, surely has an astonishing sense of historical proportion. The Washington Times reports that Secretary Berry, during a speech in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, announced that the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence and the Battle of Gettysburg are comparable to (Are you sitting down?), the riot at a homosexual bar! Secretary Berry was on hand for the Clinton Administration's adding the Stonewall Bar to the National Register of Historic Places. And he declared: "The last week of June and the first week of July (of 1969) are hallowed (meaning holy ...

For Immediate Release, June 28, 1999 Contact: Tom Fitton, (202) 646-5172 STARR BAILS OUT PLEA AGREEMENT WITH HUBBELL OBVIOUS WAY TO SHUT DOWN INVESTIGATIONS, WRITE FINAL REPORT, AND "MOVE ON" Reno Had Offered to Forego Ethics Investigation of Starr's Office If He Quit Now (Washington, D.C., June 28, 1999). Judicial Watch Chairman Larry Klayman and President Tom Fitton issued the following statement about the just announced Webster Hubbell plea agreement, which apparently contains no offer of cooperation. "With the recent offer of Janet Reno to drop all ethics probes of Starr's office if he and his prosecutors would end their ...

Text of talk by Sam Smith Dupont Circle Rally, Washington *** I want to tell you about a nightmare I had. At first, it was pretty much your ordinary nightmare - dragons, wraiths, witches, pterodactyls, poltergeists, Stygian swamps, Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, that sort of thing. Then the dragons, wraiths, witches, pterodactyls and poltergeists faded away. Clinton and Albright were still there but they had been transformed into doctors and the Stygian swamps had become the emergency room of a hospital. There were other doctors with name tags that read Blair and Berger and Bacon. Then an ambulance drove up ...

12:15 pm...attends Gore 2000 luncheon, Westin William Penn Hotel, Urban Room, Pittsburg... 3:15 pm...Discusses medical research, Jefferson University Medical Center, College Building, Philadelphia... 6:30 pm...Attends Gore 2000 reception, Wyndham Plaza Hotel. Philadelphia...

This article was front page above the fold that Sunday. I advise all to read the article, and not form an opinion based on the headline. Editors and not the reporters determine the headlines. The story continued onto practically a whole other page and had a number of supporting graphics.Like I said, please comment on the article, not the headline..... Value of nuclear data in spy case debated; Some experts believe China benfited greatly; others say loss minimal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byline: Jonathan Weisman Source: SUN NATIONAL STAFF Published on Sunday, May 23, 1999 Section: TELEGRAPH Page: 1A Edition: FINAL © 1999 ...

The District government, recognizing that its year 2000 repair program likely will not be completed on time, is planning a massive New Year's Eve mobilization of emergency personnel and other staff to ensure that critical city services are not interrupted if computer systems fail. Police will be stationed at more than 120 locations across the city, working 12-hour shifts, to take walk-in requests for emergency services. Twenty-one "warming centers," each supplied with food, water and cots, will open. School crossing guards will be on call, ready to replace traffic lights at major intersections. And D.C. General Hospital will have extra ...

THE LATEST NEWS CLIPS ON THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE 06/28/99 - YAHOO - AP - PHOTO  VOICE OF AMERICA RALLY 06/28/99 - KANSAS CITY STAR [6/26] - STEVE KRASKE   PAT BUCHANAN, ALAN KEYES, PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY SPEAK IN JOHNSON COUNTY Pat Buchanan brought his brand of bare-knuckled GOP politics to Johnson County on Saturday, declaring that the battle against abortion remains "the heart and soul" of the party.     "When the party walks away from the unborn, it will walk away from me," Buchanan declared at Johnson County Community College. He and a second GOP presidential contender, Alan ...

THIS IS A SHAMELESS APPEAL FOR YOUR HELP!!! Our nuclear secrets have entered the public domain. China is directly benefiting from our satellite, launch, communications and nuclear weapons technology. The powers in the world are shifting away from the U.S. and peace. Our own technology can (and has been) used against us. Our military is undermanned and poorly equipped, morale is low and they are spread too thin. Our intelligence community is understaffed and unsupported. Executive orders, policies and procedures frequently ignore military and intelligence advise and Congressional consent. In short, the world's only super-power has lost its grip. ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - George W. Bush has made just one trip to Iowa to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination but a recent statewide poll found the second-term Texas governor had three times the support of his nearest rival. Forty percent of Iowa Republicans questioned in a statewide poll said Bush was their favorite presidential candidate, the Des Moines Register reported in its Sunday edition. Elizabeth Dole, wife of former presidential candidate Bob Dole, was a distant second in the survey of likely caucus voters, with 13 percent choosing her as their top pick for the 2000 Republican ...

Guns, Guns, Guns. Funny how the gun control lobby seized the moment and then lost it again after the Columbine school shootings in April. For a while it looked as though New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and his followers would have their way in marching Americans a few more steps down the road toward citizen disarmament. Aided by the prestige media, which reflexively sides with the anti-Second Amendment crowd, the momentum for further restrictions on the sale and use of firearms seemed unstoppable. Then it stopped. Just like that. After Congress defeated an attempt to mandate safety locks on ...

The Democratic National Committee, which denies knowing the source of campaign contributions from Johnny Chung, actively targeted the California businessman for hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations shortly after his return from a 1994 trip to China. Just-obtained documents show the relationship between the DNC and Chung was far more significant than previously known and -- after a Republican victory in the 1994 general elections -- became even more intense over the next two years as the 1996 presidential election closed in.DNC records show that the organization made specific donation demands on Chung in exchange for giving him and ...

WASHINGTON -- Many Jewish leaders think the House of Representatives took a sledgehammer to the wall separating church and state when it voted to allow schools to display the Ten Commandments. The measure was contained in a series of amendments that lawmakers said were aimed at combating juvenile crime by instilling children with traditional values and addressing what House Republican Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas) called "the abandonment of God in the public arena." Passed by a 248-180 vote, the Ten Commandments measure was the most controversial. It permits the display of the Ten Commandments in schools and public places. The ...

When George W. Bush swept into Washington last week, the Republican Party establishment threw itself at his feet. Thirty-six G.O.P. Senators, 100 Congressmen and 2,000 well-tailored donors, many of them lobbyists, all paid homage to the Texas Governor--a capital reception so warm and so lucrative that even the composed candidate seemed caught up in the hype. To the fawning Congressmen he gushed, "I look forward to working with you," as though he had already been elected President. And he has reason to be cocky. By the end of this week, he will have raised more than $20 million--as much as ...

July 5, 1999 A new declaration: more liberty, fewer taxes Americans work past Independence Day to pay cost of government On the fourth day of July, in 1776, a small group of men, representing 13 colonies in the far-off Americas, boldly told the most powerful nation on earth, that they were free. They declared, in radical terms both then and now, that "all men are created equal" and are endowed with certain "inalienable rights," rights that government cannot take away for government does not grant them. In the Declaration of Independence, the founding fathers sought to demonstrate to the world ...

Fund manager suggests riding out Y2K CHARLES BUSBY THE SUN HERALD GULFPORT - True to form, most of the people who came to hear portfolio manager Marc Klee talk about technology trends Friday asked about Internet stocks and the impact of Y2K. Klee, co-manager of the John Hancock Global Technology Fund, told guests of Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. that nearly half of all questions he receives as a frequent guest on CNBC and CNN financial news programs deal with the Internet. And with six months until the year 2000, the impact of potential computer-technology failures is a hot topic ...