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Women in the U.S. Senate

A history of women in the United States Senate

More WPA stories about Nebraska by Nebraskans

year 2020," the Washington Post reports. The New York Times says Kerry's speech will be "sharply critical of the energy policies put forth by the administration and the House, saying they will not reduce dependence on Middle East oil."..Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle hinted at it, and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) called for it. Now, a new ABCNews.com poll found that a majority of Americans favor cancelling President Bush's tax cut if it would help avoid a budget deficit….the poll found that 45% of Americans favor cancelling the tax cut. That number grew to 52% when the question of avoiding a deficit was added. .. A forthcoming book by New York Times reporter Frank Bruni concerns some White House officials, including President Bush, the Washington Post reports. The book, Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush, supposedly revives a "less-than-presidential portrait" that has dogged Bush since the presidential campaign. Interestingly, "at a recent party attended by media types and White House staffers at NBC News correspondent Campbell Brown's Adams Morgan apartment, a set of Bruni's galleys mysterious vanished from an upstairs bedroom."

Buddy, Ex-Pres. Clinton's "ebullient chocolate retriever," was killed 1/02 by a car near the Clinton home in Chappaqua, NY. Police said it was "unclear" whether Buddy was being walked or had gotten loose (AP).  ...Des Moines Register reports, "No one voted for Chris Roling" in the Delaware, IA, city election Nov. 6, "but that won't stop him from being sworn in as the town's next mayor" Jan. 1. Roling, on becoming mayor: "It won't hurt me to do it. ... I just thought maybe somebody else would." Out of a "town of 188," only 14 "cast votes for mayor, and none of the six people who received write-in votes wants the job" (1/1)... (AP, 1/8)….Cooper and Secrest Arkansas U.S. Senate poll: State Attorney General Mark Pryor (D) 44%, Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R) 41%...Florida Education Association endorsed Democrat Bill McBride for governor over ex-U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, Miami Herald reports...Enron CEO Ken Lay hosted a fundraiser for Elizabeth Dole (R) in the North Carolina Senate race…New York's gubernatorial candidates could spend over $100,000,000 on this year's race, New York Daily News reports... Ex-U.S. Attorney David Freudenthal (D) announced he will run for Wyoming governor, while State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis (R) announced she will not seek the office, AP reports... EPIC/MRA Michigan gubernatorial poll: State Attorney General Jennifer Granholm (D) 51%, Lt. Gov. Richard Posthumus (R) 30%. James Blanchard (D) 50%, Posthumus (R) 31%. Rep. David Bonior (D) 37%, Posthumus (R) 37%... Predicting a tough re-election race, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is trying to raise $40,000,000, Washington Times reports... Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), "the leading Senate foe of the Bush administration's energy plan," will propose a Democratic alternative "based on higher fuel efficiency standards, tax incentives for new energy sources and a target of 20 percent reliance on alternative and renewable fuels by the

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