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Coming in future issues…..

Women in the U.S. Senate

A history of women in the United States Senate

More WPA stories about Nebraska by Nebraskans

Ition drive an amendment to write the rules for the legislature and lower the required votes for such things as a filibuster. No sovereign body can be told what rules it will operate under and by which it will govern itself. Those are prerogatives of the elected body.

A straw poll of "about 75 attendees at Paul Weyrich's weekly lunch for conservatives" gives "President Bush a 'B' for his first year in office," the Washington Post reports. Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld "received top marks of A-minus," but Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Todd Whitman received "a grade of D for their moderate views"….Steve Jarding, former campaign manager to Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, has just moved from his successful campaign for the Democrats in the Virginia governor's race to SC Sen. John Edwards's staff, tipping off Edwards' plans to run for president in 2004….Spring Hill, Tenn., Mayor Ray Williams' e-mail address is mayor@stupid.com, because people told him he "was stupid for running for mayor" …..The Senate "effectively killed action this year" on a bill opposed by President Bush to expand fed farm subsidies just before next year's elections. Democrats "said they will try again" in January….Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. suggests that a political neophyte named Jesse L. Jackson who has filed to run against him in the Illinois First District U.S. House Democratic primary may be a set-up to confuse voters, Chicago Sun Times reports. The new Jackson has not been publicly visible since filing candidacy... Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D), eyeing a 2004 presidential run, will travel to early primary and caucus states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, as well as California and other states, Burlington Free Press reports...
Gov. Gray Davis (D-CA) says it is unlikely he will run for president in 2004, San Jose Mercury News reports…..Nebraska Right to Life is unhappy with Sen. Ernie Chambers and his success at stopping legislation supported by their group. As a result, in their latest newsletter contains an effort to pet-

MEDICAL FRONT

Scientists in California may have taken a big step toward reversing Alzheimer's disease. With the onset of Alzheimer's comes the breakdown of essential brain fibers known axons. This is thought to cause the symptoms of the disease, and a lot of research has focused on ways to stop axons from breaking down. Now scientists from the University of California may have come up with a way to slow the breakdown and even restore the axons. The key to the process is a nerve growth factor.

The researchers injected special skin cells into the brains of monkeys, which age in much the same way human brains do. The skin cells had been altered to pump out the growth factor. Damaged neurons in the monkey's brains that were exposed to this growth factor were restored. The result was younger-looking brains, with lost connections restored.

U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson: Phone: (202) 224-6551  Fax: (202) 228-001240, Suite 5 Dirksen Basement (Temp)
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