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| Pennsylvania's Soon-to-Be Governor Says he Won't Seek Office Next Year |
| 9/30/2001 12:53 PM |
Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, expected to finish departing Gov. Tom Ridge's term, said Saturday he doesn't plan to run for the state's highest office next year.
Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker takes over as governor on Friday, when Ridge resigns to lead President Bush's new Office of Homeland Security. He is to serve out the final 15 months of Ridge's second term.
Schweiker told members of the Republican State Committee on Saturday that he plans to honor commitments made to his family and Attorney General Mike Fisher, whom he endorsed for governor less than seven weeks ago, and not run for office in the near future.
"I intend to keep faith with my family," Schweiker said. "And I'll not be a candidate anytime soon."
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| Bush Names Army General To NSC Post On Terrorism |
| 9/30/2001 12:52 PM |
President Bush plans to name a retired Army general to a new counterterrorism post, and declared yesterday that his war preparations are gaining momentum but are unlikely to produce quick results.
Bush has asked retired Army Gen. Wayne Downing, a career specialist in counterterrorism, to join the staff of the National Security Council as assistant to the president and national director for combating terrorism, officials said.
Downing wrote a scathing 1996 study of security lapses by U.S. commanders in the Middle East after a bomb in June 1996 killed 19 members of the Air Force in a barracks in Saudi Arabia called Khobar Towers. The report criticized the entire military chain of command from the Air Force wing commander up to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and concluded that the U.S. government should stop regarding terrorism as an intermittent problem and instead begin treating it as "undeclared war against the United States."
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| Gore Pledges To Back Bush, Calls for Unity |
| 9/30/2001 12:50 PM |
In his first political speech since conceding the presidential election, former vice president Al Gore brought Iowa Democrats to their feet here tonight with a ringing affirmation of the man who defeated him and a pledge to keep the country united in the war against terrorism.
"We are united behind our president, George W. Bush, behind our country, behind the effort to seek justice not revenge, to make sure this can never ever happen again and to make sure we have the strongest unity in America we have ever had," Gore said.
With the audience standing, cheering and applauding, Gore called Bush "my commander in chief," adding: "Regardless of party, regardless of ideology, there are no divisions in this country where our response to the war on terrorism is concerned."
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| Ashcroft Jet Had Scare On September 11 |
| 9/28/2001 5:00 PM |
The morning sky on Sept. 11 was so crystalline that John D. Ashcroft and his staff, peering out the windows of the Cessna Citation V jet, could easily pick out other aircraft gliding in the distance. The attorney general, jovial and talkative on his way to Milwaukee, had just finished pointing out Detroit and some of the Great Lakes when the emergency call came through.
"Yes," Ashcroft said into the secure phone, suddenly somber. "Yes."
One plane hit World Trade NY, he scribbled on a legal pad. Second plane hit World Trade NY.
Ashcroft hung up the phone and delivered a solemn message to his four fellow passengers: "Our world has changed forever because of what I'm about to tell you."
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| DeLay Won't Help Cousin In Runoff |
| 9/27/2001 9:19 PM |
House Majority Whip Tom DeLay's (R-Texas) cousin edged out ex-Rep. Asa Hutchinson's (R-Ark.) nephew Tuesday in a GOP primary to succeed Hutchinson, but DeLay will not wade into an Oct. 16 runoff on his cousin's behalf.
John Boozman (R), an optometrist and brother of 1998 Senate nominee Fay Boozman (R), led Tuesday's balloting in Arkansas' 3rd district followed by state Sen. Gunner DeLay (R), a distant cousin of the Majority Whip.
Staging a last-minute surge, DeLay trailed Boozman by 11 points in Tuesday's vote. "We certainly surprised a lot of people down here I think," DeLay said. "We peaked at the right time."
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| Money Chase Begins Anew |
| 9/27/2001 9:17 PM |
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have begun to quietly resume their fundraising operations after a brief hiatus, albeit with a softer tone and less partisan approach than before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
But even as they gear up for 2002, House Members and Senators continue to wrestle with questions about the propriety of soliciting money from a public still in shock over the attacks.
Most of the fundraising events being held are small, with donations often limited to $500 per person and $1,000 per PAC, and neither party's campaign committees have begun soliciting large soft-money contributions yet. The venues for events are being carefully selected, and lawmakers often spend much of their time at the fundraisers responding to questions about the federal government's response, both military and civilian, to the crisis.
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| 'National Neighborhood Watch' |
| 9/27/2001 9:15 PM |
Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday released photographs of the 19 suspected Sept. 11 hijackers, saying that it is part of "a national neighborhood watch" in which they hoped Americans might recognize some of the individuals.
"It is our hope" that the photos "will prompt others" who see the hijackers or have "been in contact with them to contact the FBI," Ashcroft said.
Investigators have received more than 100,000 tips, Ashcroft said. FBI Director Robert Mueller said the bureau has "over 200,000 leads we are investigating."
"We call upon any citizen who has information that may be helpful to contact" the FBI, said Mueller.
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| Giuliani: If New York Wants Me I'm Here |
| 9/26/2001 6:51 PM |
In an interview set for broadcast a day after voters narrowed down their candidates for mayor, Rudolph Giuliani said that if New Yorkers want him to stay on past the end of his term, he is available.
It was the mayor's strongest indication yet that he may try to extend his stay at City Hall. It came during an interview taped Tuesday for Wednesday night's "60 Minutes II."
In yet another indication of Giuliani's intentions, the Republican mayor contacted the Democratic speaker of the state Assembly on Wednesday, seeking support in the place he would probably face the most resistance.
"I am open to the idea of doing it," Giuliani said in the interview. "I don't know yet the right way or the right thing to do and I have to really consult and talk to the governor and other people that really have to have a voice and a role in figuring out how to do it."
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| Bloomberg Declares Victory in NYC Mayoral Primary |
| 9/26/2001 3:21 PM |
Businessman Michael Bloomberg claimed victory over former Bronx congressman Herman Badillo in the Republican mayoral primary Tuesday.
"I just wanted to thank the voters for the confidence that they have expressed in me today, particularly in light of the terrible tragedy of two weeks ago," he told supporters.
"I've been told that we've won by what will turn out to be a large margin. I know that we will win in November, and then we are going to put together the best team that this city has ever seen, which will include, I hope, many from the current administration, and together we are going to take New York forward."
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| Riordan Leads California Governor Davis in Poll |
| 9/26/2001 3:17 PM |
Although not an official candidate for governor, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan holds a slight edge over incumbent Gray Davis in a new statewide poll.
The Democratic governor's popularity remains at the same low level it fell to last spring during the statewide energy crisis, according to the poll conducted by the Field Institute.
Republican Riordan leads Davis 45 percent to 42 percent among registered voters when they are paired in a possible 2002 general election, according to the poll. The poll's margin of error is 3 percentage points.
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| President Bush Freezes Terrorists' Assets |
| 9/24/2001 11:16 PM |
President Bush yesterday ordered U.S. financial institutions to freeze any assets belonging to Osama bin Laden and 26 other people and groups suspected of funding terrorists, and threatened retribution against overseas banks that do not follow suit.
With special operations troops and aircraft carriers heading toward Afghanistan in the biggest military mobilization since the Persian Gulf War, Bush said he will use "all the elements of our national and international power" to "starve the terrorists of funding."
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| Poll: President Bush Has Highest Approval Rating Ever |
| 9/24/2001 11:13 PM |
Ninety percent of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling his job after the Sept. 11 attacks, the highest rating for a U.S. president ever recorded by the Gallup polling group, USA Today and CNN reported on Sunday.
The 90 percent job approval rating, measured in a poll of 1,005 adults Friday and Saturday, outranks the previous record -- a rating of 89 percent garnered by Bush's father, former President George Bush, at the end of the 1991 Gulf War.
It compares to an approval rating of 86 percent scored by the younger Bush in a survey conducted last week, just after hijackers slammed three airliners into New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon near Washington, leaving 6,800 dead or missing. A fourth hijacked airliner crashed in Pennsylvania.
Bush on Sunday ended the official mourning period, presiding over a ceremony to hoist the U.S. flag to full staff for the first time since the attacks, which Washington blames on Saudi-born millionaire Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network.
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| Giuliani: I Haven't Had Time to Weigh Options |
| 9/24/2001 2:14 PM |
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who has won widespread praise for his stewardship of the city since the terrorist attacks, did not rule out trying to extend his stay in office but said Monday he hasn't had time to decide.
"I have not had time to think about it," said the mayor, who is barred by term limits from seeking a third term this fall. "It's a very important decision. I need time to talk to people about it."
The mayoral primary is Tuesday. The Republican mayor had previously said he did not wish to discuss politics as he concentrated on recovery from the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
But a source close to the mayor told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that Giuliani has talked with advisers about extending his stay in office past Dec. 31, when his term expires.
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| Senator Thompson Will Seek Re-Election |
| 9/24/2001 2:12 PM |
Republican Senator Fred Thompson said Monday he had been leaning against running for a second full term next year until the terrorist attacks convinced him that "now is clearly not the time to leave."
"Seeing all that happen and all those people looking for ways to contribute when I had one right here before me in my lap, so to speak, it became obvious," he said in announcing that he will run again.
"This is probably not the best time in the world to say something political," he added, "but I think it's time to go ahead and address it and get it behind us so that we can get on with our business."
Thompson, 59, said he had received numerous calls and letters before and after the Sept. 11 attacks urging him to run. After two leading Senate Republicans %u2013 North Carolina's Jesse Helms and Phil Gramm of Texas %u2013 announced their retirements, Thompson said that also "made it a little tougher to leave."
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| New York Mayoral Candidates Resume Race |
| 9/23/2001 12:20 PM |
Three Democratic candidates to replace Mayor Rudolph Giuliani stepped gingerly back onto the campaign trail Saturday, making their case for why they were best equipped to lead the nation's largest city through an unparalleled crisis.
But even as they appeared on a local TV station's candidates forum, they found themselves answering questions about the man they are seeking to succeed and the role they envision him playing in a new administration.
Since the terrorist attack that leveled the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 and scuttled the city's primary, the candidates for mayor have been in limbo.
With the rescheduled primary on Tuesday, they face a political landscape that has changed dramatically. Talk of classroom size and affordable housing has been replaced by questions of security and redeveloping a devastated downtown.
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| Dole Officially Joins NC Senate Race |
| 9/23/2001 12:18 PM |
Elizabeth Dole has officially joined the race to fill the seat being vacated by Sen. Jesse Helms, her spokesman said Saturday.
Dole had planned to announce her bid for the Republican nomination in her hometown of Salisbury on Sept. 11, but that was put off because of the terrorist attacks.
"She's officially in," Dole spokesman Jay Warshaw said Saturday. "Mrs. Dole has filed the necessary paperwork required for her campaign to move forward."
Dole, 65, has continued to visit her mother and hometown about 40 miles northeast of Charlotte over the years. She has said she considers Salisbury home, even though her career took her to Washington. She has served as the secretary of labor and secretary of transportation. She also headed the Red Cross.
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| President Bush Vows to Strike Back! |
| 9/21/2001 11:04 AM |
Addressing a united Congress and newly resolute country, President Bush vowed Thursday to strike back against the terror attacks in New York and Washington. "Justice will be done," he declared.
The president clasped the badge of a slain policeman in his fist. "I will not forget this wound to our country, or those who inflicted it. I will not yield. I will not rest," he said.
In the nationally televised address, his fourth prime-time speech since taking office, Bush tried to explain to a horrified nation the anti-American hatred of its enemies.
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| Pennsylvania Governor Selected to Lead Fight Against Terrorism in the Nation |
| 9/21/2001 11:02 AM |
In Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, President Bush has chosen a decorated Vietnam War veteran to lead the fight against terrorism on American soil.
He has also tapped a good friend.
Ridge, 56, was named to the new Cabinet-level position on Thursday. He will be responsible for creating a plan to stop terrorist attacks.
Ridge will resign as governor Oct. 5, said his spokesman, Tim Reeves.
"It is an honor to serve your country at any time, but more so now than ever," Ridge said at a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol in Harrisburg. "I'm saddened that this job is even necessary. But it is."
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| Hockey Fans Demand to Watch Bush Speech |
| 9/21/2001 9:17 AM |
With President Bush on the big screen, hockey suddenly didn't matter anymore, not to the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers or the thousands of fans.
The start of the third period of the National Hockey League exhibition game was delayed and then called off Thursday night as fans demanded to watch the President's speech to Congress instead of the game.
By the time Bush finished speaking 36 minutes later, the teams lined up to shake hands. The game was declared a 2-2 tie "out of respect for where the United States was headed in the near future."
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| Giuliani: 'I Don't Know' About Third-Term Bid |
| 9/20/2001 10:11 AM |
After leading New York City through perhaps its toughest crisis, Mayor Rudy Giuliani fielded questions Tuesday about whether he would consider running for a third term.
The World Trade Center attacks occurred September 11, a primary day, just as many New Yorkers were going to the polls to choose Republican and Democratic hopefuls to succeed him. After the attacks, the primary election was canceled and rescheduled for next Tuesday.
Giuliani, 57, a former U.S. attorney who won the mayoralty in 1993, is barred from running again by a term limits law passed by a referendum that year.
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| Opening National: 'Whatever it Takes' |
| 9/20/2001 10:06 AM |
As Members of Congress vigorously lobby to reopen Reagan National Airport some on Capitol Hill are discussing changing the Congressional schedule if the airport of choice for most lawmakers remains closed permanently.
"Congress does not want this closed. Members who have talked to me do not want National closed," Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) said Tuesday during a meeting with other Virginia lawmakers, representatives of the airline industry and Jane Garvey, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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| Burr Won't Run For Helms' Senate Seat |
| 9/20/2001 10:05 AM |
Less than a week after Elizabeth Dole made clear her intention to run to succeed retiring Sen. Jesse Helms (R), Rep. Richard Burr announced he would not challenge her for the GOP nomination.
"This is not the right timing. I have commitments here that I haven't finished, and the events of this week for a member of the House Intelligence Committee will demand no distraction, short term and long term," said Burr, referring to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. "This is not the time to put personal ambition above the national interest."
Dole, a former Cabinet secretary and president of the American Red Cross, postponed her own campaign kickoff following the attacks. Attorney Jim Snyder (R) and Richard Vinroot (R), a former mayor of Charlotte and the 2000 gubernatorial nominee, have announced their plans to run.
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| Members and Challengers Reconsider Races |
| 9/20/2001 10:04 AM |
Several House Members and Senators appear to be reconsidering plans to run for higher office in the wake of the terrorist attacks last week on New York and Washington, and top recruits for Congressional races are changing their timelines for making decisions at a crucial point in the election cycle.
Ending months of speculation, Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) announced Monday that he would not run for governor but would instead seek re-election to his House seat, citing a change of heart following the tragedies.
"I could not on Friday vote to send men and women to war and then on Monday begin a campaign for another office," explained Moran, who voted to give President Bush significantly expanded powers to wage a war against terrorism.
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| Security Takes Center Stage |
| 9/20/2001 10:03 AM |
Last week's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington are already altering the political landscape, with candidates in the special election to replace ex-Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) calling for tougher immigration and other policies in the wake of the assaults.
One of the leading candidates in next Tuesday's GOP primary in the conservative seat, ex-state Rep. Jim Hendren (R), is even calling for the government to consider allowing the assassination of terrorist leaders.
Meanwhile, a new poll conducted for state Sen. Gunner DeLay (R) shows the GOP primary race is tightening.
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| Defense, FEMA to Aid Hill Security Review |
| 9/20/2001 10:03 AM |
As part of the response to last week's terrorist attacks, the Capitol Police Board has enlisted the help of officials at the Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to aid with a review of security and emergency procedures around the Capitol complex.
A 12-member team from the Defense Department has been on the Hill since late last week after Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Alfonso Lenhardt contacted DoD officials following the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and at the Pentagon.
"They're looking at the threat analysis again. They're looking at vulnerability assessment [and] they're looking at physical security," Lenhardt, head of the Capitol Police Board, said in an interview yesterday. "At the end of all that will be a set of recommendations based upon what they see here about how we can enhance our posture [and] our preparedness."
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| Hastert Wins Rivals' Praise |
| 9/20/2001 10:02 AM |
Two days after the stunning Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders assembled in the office of Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) in an attempt to iron out the final details of an emergency spending package designed to respond to the tragedy.
The lawmakers were bogged down in a semantic dispute over how to craft the $40 billion bill. White House officials were seeking the widest possible latitude for use of the funds, while senior lawmakers from both parties, such as Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas), insisted that Congress should not cede its right to oversee how the money is spent.
Hastert listened patiently to both sides as the debate dragged on for hours. Finally, the Speaker declared his support for giving the administration the initial infusion of funds with few strings -reasoning that the White House would soon have to come back to Congress for more funding to respond to the crisis -and called the meeting to a close. Both chambers quickly passed the bill the following day, without a dissenting vote being cast in either chamber.
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| Pakistan to Taliban: Hand Over Bin Laden |
| 9/16/2001 1:14 PM |
Pakistan will be giving the Taliban militia who rule Afghanistan an ultimatum Monday: Hand over Usama bin Laden or else.
A group of top Pakistani delegates will travel to the Taliban's headquarters in the southwest Afghan city of Kandahar Monday, a senior Pakistani official said on condition of anonymity.
The delegation will deliver a simple message: either give up bin Laden, the leading candidate for responsibility for the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington Tuesday, or risk massive retaliation.
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| People Support Pentagon Rescue Workers |
| 9/16/2001 1:13 PM |
A small city has sprung up at a Pentagon parking lot to offer hot food, clean clothes and comforting conversation to those enduring the grim task of combing the rubble on the other side of the crippled building.
"Some of them are having some real problems," said Ronald Hester of Ashboro, N.C., one of 37 Baptists from North Carolina who are handling most of the cooking and feeding chores.
"Our people will just sit down and talk with them, and then they go back to work."
At the compound are trucks full of underwear and shirts for the search and rescue workers. Under a Red Cross tent they can get treatment for minor injuries. Nearby is a McDonald's truck in the shape of a hamburger bun.
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| Political Tone Fundamentally Altered |
| 9/16/2001 1:13 PM |
The terrorist attacks have fundamentally altered the agenda and political tone on Capitol Hill. Put aside, for now, are the fierce partisan battles over campaign finance reform, use of the Social Security surplus and other issues.
"I think we've got to do one thing at a time," said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. "We're not talking about other issues. We're talking about the gigantic challenge that's in front of us."
Republicans and Democrats are now discussing cooperation on the budget and taking care of a few high-profile domestic issues as attention shifts to supporting President Bush in what many lawmakers consider a war effort.
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| Cheney: United States Will Target Bin Laden |
| 9/16/2001 1:12 PM |
Vice President Dick Cheney pledged Sunday that the United States would track down fugitive terrorist Osama bin Laden and warned that nations that sheltered him face "the full wrath of the United States." He identified Afghanistan as a likely target.
"What we are going to do is aggressively go after Mr. bin Laden, obviously, and all his associates. And even if it takes a long time, I'm convinced eventually we'll prevail," Cheney said in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" from the presidential retreat at Camp David.
Attorney General John Ashcroft said Sunday the administration would ask Congress this week for increased anti-terrorism authority, including expanded powers to use wiretaps to seek out and prosecute suspected terrorists.
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| Capitol Hill Security Review Planned |
| 9/13/2001 5:31 PM |
In the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which forced the first-ever full evacuation of the Capitol and surrounding office buildings, the Capitol Police will undertake a full review of Hill security. The study will build on a review conducted in 1998, after a deranged gunman charged through the House-side Document Door and killed two Capitol Police officers.
"Unfortunately, once again we're going to have to undertake a security review based upon a terrorist incident that was directed against the American people," said Capitol Police spokesman Lt. Dan Nichols. "When that review is done we'll make decisions on how and if we should increase security."
Also in response to Tuesday's attacks, the bipartisan Congressional leadership is ready to make public funding for construction of the Capitol Visitor Center, which will provide enhanced security screening facilities, a top priority this fall, according to Senators on both sides of the aisle.
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| Leaders Whisked To Safety |
| 9/13/2001 5:30 PM |
As the World Trade Center's twin towers burned 250 miles to the north in lower Manhattan, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) was preparing a forceful statement condemning the terrorists.
An aide rushed into Lott's office and urged him to look out his window facing the Mall, where he could see America's symbol of military might, the Pentagon, had also been hit by terrorists. "I don't like the looks of this," Lott said.
He then quickly ordered his staff to evacuate the Capitol.
It was a scene played out across Capitol Hill Tuesday as staffers and Members fled a chaotic scene in which there was no certainty of what was happening or what they were supposed to do next.
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| Terrorism Probe Points to Bin Laden |
| 9/12/2001 10:58 PM |
Almost all of Tuesday's hijackers have been identified on flight manifests, including many Saudi and Egyptian nationals and one known supporter of terror suspect Usama bin Laden, Fox News has learned.
Fox News has also confirmed that 2 weeks ago American Airlines issued a memo to their employees to be on alert for imposter pilots after an incident in Rome a few months ago. In the incident, an American Airlines crew had their rooms broken into and the only thing that was stolen was their uniforms and their ID badges.
Federal law enforcement sources said that they "are looking at this very closely with renewed focus" and it may have something to do with the hijackings.
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| A Nation Awaits Casualty Counts |
| 9/12/2001 1:16 PM |
The nation's commercial airports remained closed, federal agents issued warrants in south Florida, and casualty tolls mounted in New York and Washington today as the nation continued to reel from its worst terrorist attack ever.
President Bush, speaking publicly for the fourth time since Tuesday's airborne assaults, called them "acts of war." It remained unclear, however, who organized and carried out the deadly hijackings and deliberate crashes of four airliners.
"The United States of America will use all our resources to conquer this enemy," Bush said after a White House meeting with top aides. "We will rally the world. We will be patient, we will be focused, and we will be steadfast in our determination. This battle will take time and resolve. But make no mistake about it, we will win."
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| World Sympathizes With America as NATO Considers Invoking Charter |
| 9/12/2001 1:09 PM |
The entire world felt America's pain Wednesday, as security was stepped up globally, NATO allies pledged to come to the United States' aid and even some of its most bitter enemies offered sympathy.
"Irrespective of the conflict with America," said Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, "it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people, and be with them at these horrifying and awesome events which are bound to awaken human conscience."
North Korea called the attacks "very regretful and tragic," adding that it "is opposed to all forms of terrorism."
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| Terrorism Hits America! |
| 9/11/2001 4:41 PM |
Americans were reeling with horror and anger Tuesday after terrorists launched coordinated attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., crashing hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
In a day of infamy being compared to Pearl Harbor, the Twin Towers of New York's landmark World Trade Center crashed to the ground about an hour after airliners smashed into each of the 110-story buildings at around 9 a.m.
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| Thune Readies Senate Kickoff |
| 9/10/2001 10:28 PM |
South Dakota Rep. John Thune (R)is expected to announce late this month or in early October that he will challenge Sen. Tim Johnson (D) next year, according to GOP sources, and has begun staffing up for the contest.
Thune's move is a recruiting coup that once seemed unattainable for Senate Republicans. Thune had publicly insisted that he would run for governor next year after three terms as the state's at-large House Member, but apparently relented under pressure from President Bush and other party leaders, who saw what they believed to be an opportunity to tip the balance of power in the Senate slipping away.
In an interview Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) confirmed to Roll Call that he expects Thune to make a Senate run. "I believe he will. He's a very attractive, very capable, very effective lawmaker," Lott said. "That would be a good opportunity."
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| Dole to Take First Step in Bid for N.C. Senate Seat |
| 9/10/2001 10:23 PM |
Elizabeth Dole, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, will take the first formal step toward a bid for the Senate from North Carolina Tuesday with the establishment of a campaign committee that will allow her to begin to raise funds and put together a staff.
"I'm going to be raising money, traveling the state, taking the first steps, and then make a formal announcement of candidacy later in the fall," Dole said in a brief telephone interview yesterday.
Dole will be seeking the seat held by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), who has served in the Senate since 1973, and she enjoys the strong support of the Republican establishment in Washington. But Dole will face a potentially tough primary contest for the GOP nomination against former Charlotte mayor Richard Vinroot, who has announced his candidacy.
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| Lessons of Might and Right |
| 9/9/2001 10:36 PM |
LONG AGO, in segregated Birmingham, on the children's floor of a downtown department store, a white saleslady spotted an exquisitely dressed black mother heading with her young daughter for fitting rooms reserved for whites only. The year was 1961, and downtown Birmingham was an apartheid society, with blacks assigned inferior status in where they ate, where they relieved themselves, even where little girls tried on pretty dresses.
The saleslady stepped into the path of the mother and child, took the dress from the little girl and motioned to a storage room. "She'll have to try it on in there," she said.
No sooner had the clerk laid down the law than the black mother upped the ante. Stepping coolly out of her caste as a "colored" woman, she addressed the clerk as the hired help she was: "My daughter will try on this dress in a dressing room, or I'm not spending my money here."
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| Parties Tout Hispanics to Replace Gramm |
| 9/9/2001 10:24 PM |
Sen. Phil Gramm's (R-Texas) plan to retire in 2002 has prompted leaders of both parties to accelerate their recruitment of Hispanic candidates, creating the real prospect that a Latino could claim a Senate seat in the home state of President Bush.
Although the GOP field is sure to be crowded, top party officials are urging at least two Hispanics, Rep. Henry Bonilla and state Railroad Commissioner Tony Garza, to run. Had Gramm decided to resign before the end of his term, Republican sources said, Gov. Rick Perry (R) would have considered naming Garza or Bonilla to the Senate seat.
"Certainly one who has a record of accomplishment and success in Hispanic communities should be given heavy consideration," said Bonilla, who spoke with White House political strategist Karl Rove and Perry, a longtime ally, after Gramm's announcement Tuesday.
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| Bush Picks Danforth as Sudan Envoy |
| 9/6/2001 10:44 PM |
John C. Danforth, a minister and former senator, was appointed by President Bush to look for a way to end the long-running civil war in Sudan, which has grabbed the attention of Christian groups and oil companies in the West.
"It's important to America, important to the world to bring some sanity to the Sudan," Bush said Thursday during a Rose Garden ceremony. "For nearly two decades, the government of Sudan has waged a brutal and shameful war against its own people."
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| New Hampshire's Political Intrigue |
| 9/6/2001 10:42 PM |
Prominent Republicans are redoubling their attempts to convince New Hampshire Sen. Bob Smith not to seek re-election. Rep. John Sununu, R-N.H., will announce his intention to seek Smith's seat in the last two weeks of October, Fox News has learned.
Rep. Sununu's announcement had originally been expected in August, but GOP officials said he postponed it so Smith's Senate colleagues and prominent GOP officials in New Hampshire and Washington could take another crack at convincing Smith to withdraw. Smith is considered the most vulnerable incumbent in the Senate.
And GOP efforts to recapture the majority of the U.S. Senate in 2002 have been complicated by the announced retirement plans of Sens. Phil Gramm of Texas, Jesse Helms of North Carolina, and Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
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| Black Democrats Help GOP Seat Efforts in Georgia |
| 9/6/2001 12:23 PM |
More than a dozen black Democrats teamed with white Republicans in Georgia's House to pass a redistricting blueprint that could give Republicans a better chance to win seats in Congress.
The plan, drawn up by Democratic state Rep. Ben Allen, passed Wednesday despite the objections of powerful House Speaker Tom Murphy, also a Democrat. It still must go through the state Senate.
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| Michigan Lt. Governor to Seek Nomination |
| 9/5/2001 7:03 PM |
Republican Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus said Wednesday he would seek his party's nomination for governor and hoped to continue the policies of Gov. John Engler if elected.
Posthumus, 51, was Engler's running mate when the governor won a third term in 1998. Engler, who cannot run again because of term limits, is backing Posthumus.
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| Rice Denies Clout on Foreign Policy |
| 9/5/2001 7:02 PM |
President Bush's national security adviser dismissed suggestions that she wields more foreign policy clout than Secretary of State Colin Powell.
"I think people have too much time to sit around worrying about such things," Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday in response to a reporter's question about a magazine article on the topic. "Colin Powell is the secretary of state, not me."
Powell is the subject of a cover article in Time magazine's Sept. 10 issue. The article suggests that Powell's profile among Bush's foreign policy advisers has diminished, while Rice's has risen.
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| President Bush's First State Dinner |
| 9/5/2001 7:00 PM |
First lady Laura Bush called it a "sentimental first," an intimate and elegant dinner for friends. But from the hot pink bodice on her red lace gown, to the tequila sauce on the dessert and fireworks on the back lawn, most elements of President Bush's premier state dinner shouted "Fiesta!"
Strolling violinists and 12-foot trees abloom in white impatiens framed the Grand Foyer as the Bushes opened the White House Wednesday to Mexican President Vicente Fox, his new bride, Martha, and 130 or so guests.
Some, like tenor Placido Domingo, won the coveted invitation for their Mexican heritage, others for their political connection to Bush. His home state of Texas exported a sizable crew, including Gov. Rick Perry. Brother Jeb Bush, the governor of Florida, also made the cut.
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| Bush May Cut Capital Gains Tax |
| 9/4/2001 11:45 PM |
President Bush opened the door Tuesday to a future cut in the capital gains tax, a longtime Republican prescription for reviving an ailing economy, but said he first wants to see the effects of last spring's income tax cut.
Bracing for an autumn of wrestling with Democrats over the sluggish economy and diminished budget surplus, Bush told reporters that before reducing the capital gains tax, he wanted to give the income tax cut time to stimulate the economy. "But I'm open-minded," Bush said before meeting with Senate leaders as Congress returned from its summer break.
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| Bush Cabinet Takes Back Seat in Driving Policy |
| 9/4/2001 11:44 PM |
Christine Todd Whitman had been New Jersey's governor before leading President Bush's Environmental Protection Agency. But Bush rarely asks for her advice outside her area of responsibility. "Mostly we talk about the dog, about Barney," she said of the Scottish terrier she gave the president.
Mel R. Martinez, who was chairman of Florida's Orange County before becoming Bush's secretary of housing and urban development, was recently asked if he had spoken at Cabinet meetings. "Couple of times," he replied. "I was asked to lead the prayer at one of them, and I did."
Bush's highly credentialed Cabinet members are finding themselves in an unaccustomed role: that of subordinates.
As the administration took office, it was thought that Bush's Cabinet would be unusually powerful because of its impressive lineup of talent: former governors and senators, veterans of previous Cabinets, top business executives and a popular general. But on most of the big issues, Cabinet members have discovered they have less clout than lesser-known White House aides.
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| Gramm Won't Run for Reelection |
| 9/4/2001 11:40 PM |
Republican Sen. Phil Gramm, a sharp-tongued Texan of unwavering conservatism who has played a pivotal role in congressional budget politics over the past two decades, announced yesterday that he will not seek election to a fourth term next year.
Gramm's decision, which surprised colleagues in both parties, puts another seat in contention in the fight for control of the closely divided Senate. But Texas, home of President Bush, has become increasingly Republican in recent years, and the GOP is favored to retain the seat.
His voice breaking with emotion when he mentioned the loyalty of family and staff, Gramm, 59, told a Capitol Hill news conference he had "gone back and forth" over whether to run again but concluded it was time to leave because he had done just about all he set out to do in Washington.
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| Looking Homeward: Many in Congress Choose Commuting |
| 9/3/2001 8:21 PM |
By 7:46 one Friday morning, Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R-N.M.) was airborne, dispatching paperwork and office correspondence until her noon touchdown in Albuquerque. She spent the weekend with the builders' association, touring a complex of energy-efficient homes, and held a fundraiser for next year's campaign.
Less than 72 hours after she had arrived, Wilson caught a plane back to Washington, landing at 4:43 Monday afternoon -- in time for evening votes in the House.
Like most families of House members, Wilson's husband and two young children remained home when she was elected three years ago and moved to Washington. She rents a room in a house two blocks from her Capitol office, to which she seldom returns before 11 each night. She rarely shops in the local grocery store. And, by her own count, she has turned on the stove in her apartment exactly twice since she got here.
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| Clarence Thomas Marches On |
| 9/3/2001 8:16 PM |
Most workdays, Clarence Thomas beats his eight Supreme Court colleagues to the office. He drives his black Corvette through the suburban Virginia dawn and scoots into the court's guarded garage by 6 a.m.
After a decade on the nation's high court, Thomas has settled into a comfortable routine that balances the court's heavy workload of reading and writing with a busy life of travel, lecturing and raising a young grandnephew.
He has also found a comfortable home on the court's far right. He remains in the shadow of ideological bunkmate Antonin Scalia but is willing to write separate manifestos that stake a more absolutist position on cases involving religion, free speech and other issues.
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