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<p>The man whose efforts led to a requirement that any Nevada tax increases have the support of at least two-thirds of all state legislators says he's proud those efforts figured in the lawmakers'special session on taxes.</p> <p>"The Gibbons Tax Restraint Initiative is doing what it was designed to do and that is to keep bad ideas from getting passed,"said Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., whose tax restraint initiative was approved overwhelmingly by voters in 1996.</p>

US officials start leaning toward view Saddam dead By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - The fate of Saddam Hussein is still unclear but U.S. officials have started leaning slightly toward the view that the Iraqi leader is probably dead, U.S. officials said on Friday. U.S. intelligence agencies have picked up communications or "chatter" by Iraqis on the periphery of Saddam's toppled government saying they believed he had died. But officials caution that that by itself is not conclusive proof. Those Iraqis either know that Saddam is dead, believe he is dead but may be wrong, or are trying...

from the May 24, 2002 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0524/p01s01-uspo.html What Jeffords got, a year after switchVermont senator has little clout to show for his role in tipping Senate to Democrats.By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON - Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords has lost that deer-in-the-headlights look that he wore like a uniform during his last days as a Republican. He looks relaxed. And he's more famous than he ever imagined possible. "I had no idea what the response would be, not just here [in Washington], but worldwide," he says. A year ago today, Senator...

OPEN LETTER TO CONRESSMAN NETHERCUTT Dear Congressman Nethercutt, I'm writing to you today to ask you to oppose the expulsion of Congressman Traficant from the House of Representatives. Rep. Traficant's trial took place in a Kangaroo Court. The judge didn't allow him to present most of his evidence, or to argue that the government had a vendetta against him. The Judge, on more than one occasion, conducted proceedings that normally would be conducted in private, in front of the jurors. Its obvious that Congressman Traficant's prosecution (or rather, persecution) was politically motivated. His behavior and tirades on the house floor...