National Journal articles from July 2001

National Journal archives from July 2001

Reality Check.(educational testing)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... There are almost four thousand students today at my alma mater, James Madison High School in Brooklyn, NY. They come from hardworking families representing virtually every ethnic and racial background in America, and they're getting a good...

PETER FITZGERALD AND LIFE AS A SENATE MAVERICK.
July 7, 2001... "There may be less bruises on the arm now, but it's still kind of tender," says Sen. Peter G. Fitzgerald over the phone from his home base in Illinois. It's the Fourth of July, and the subject of the conversation is independence--senatorial...

HOW NOT TO HIRE PEOPLE FOR AMERICA'S MOST VITAL DEPARTMENT.
July 7, 2001... Before becoming a U.S. Senator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan served in the Cabinet or sub-Cabinet of four consecutive Administrations, those of Presidents Kennedy through Ford. Asked recently if he had filled out an ethics form for any of those...

Rebel Revival.(Democratic party)
July 7, 2001... THE NINE DEMOCRATS FROM THE SOUTH HAVE SKILLFULLY EXPLOITED THEIR POSITION AT THE CENTER OF THE DIVIDED SENATE. There are heydays and then there are heydays. Back in the 1950s, Southern Democrats were enjoying a whopper of one in the...

How Children Fare.
July 7, 2001... A LOOK AT BUSH'S BUDGET IN LIGHT OF HIS PLEDGE TO USE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN. Liberals are having a field day with President Bush's slogan of "No Child Left Behind," the phrase he uses to describe his education plan...

Feeling the Heat.(wildfires in the Western states)
July 7, 2001... HAMILTON, Mont.--Dyrk Krueger, lean and sandy-haired, stood at the bottom of the mountainside and explained the operations of the expensive piece of heavy equipment anchored in a stand of charred trees towering high above. As he talked, the...

SLOW START ON SCIENCE.(science and technology policy of George W. Bush)
July 7, 2001... In March 1961, President Kennedy told NASA Director James Webb that he was not inclined to approve new funding for Project Apollo, the program designed to put a man on the moon. As a U.S. Senator, Kennedy had held a dim view of the space...

TURNED BACK AT THE BORDER.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... A Mexican 18-wheeler--with shoddy brakes, a poor maintenance record, and a tired driver--is racing toward Chicago. Suddenly, in Missouri, it slams into a family minivan, killing a pregnant mother and her two small children. That's a...

NO EMPATHY FROM THE GAFFE PATROL.(media coverage of George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Matthew 7:3 Michael J. Gerson, chief speechwriter for the Bush Administration, would likely appreciate that admonition, and not...

LEAD-PAINT LOBBYISTS.
July 7, 2001... First it was tobacco, then guns. Now lead paint seems to be next on the docket in the litigation wars between local and state governments on one side and corporations on the other. It's a full-fledged battle in which trial lawyers are aligning...

MICROSOFT `TIED' IN KNOTS.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Microsoft Corp. was quick to claim victory when a federal appeals court vacated the breakup of the company. But lawyers and legal analysts say the software giant lost on the most-critical issues in the antitrust case, leaving it open to tough...

AIDS IS MORE THAN FACTS AND FIGURES.(Interview)
July 7, 2001... Sandra Thurman spent nearly four years as the head of the Office of National AIDS Policy in the Clinton Administration. Since leaving the White House, she has founded the International AIDS Trust, a nonprofit group aimed at going beyond studies...

AND YOU THOUGHT 401 (K)S WERE A SAFE BET.
July 7, 2001... Post-boom and post-bubble, the future is looking a lot less certain these days. With unemployment up 15 percent since November, and companies of all types shedding thousands of workers, people are holding onto their jobs and scaling back...

The Price of Citizenship.(Review)
July 7, 2001... The Price of Citizenship By Michael B. Katz Metropolitan Books 470 pages $35.00 The modern history of America's welfare state, according to Michael B. Katz, is a tale of slow withdrawal in the face of an implacable ideological enemy--of...

HOW TO BROKER A TRADE-BILL DEAL.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... When Capitol Hill unpacks after its Independence Day recess, lawmakers will find interest heating up on presidential trade-negotiating authority. Thanks to a flurry of legislative initiatives, the beginning of a long-awaited business lobbying...

Poll Track.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 7, 2001... How Are They Doing? TRACKING DUBYA'S RATINGS Despite continued efforts by the Federal Reserve to jump-start the nation's sluggish economy, President Bush's job-approval rating is showing the effects of the down-turn, according to an...

IS THE CLIMATE RIGHT FOR RIORDAN?(politician Richard J. Riordan)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... When local media heavies strolled under a glorious Southern California sky as a mild afternoon drew to a close, the idea of a sweltering summer probably wasn't foremost in their minds. Perhaps it should have been, because they were gathered...

A SMOKING GIANT'S GOP CONNECTION.
July 7, 2001... The next battle in the war on smoking will probably be fought on Capitol Hill and feature unlikely allies: a tobacco company that is supporting new federal regulations, and two members of Congress who know firsthand about the dangers of smoking...

Catholic Symbolism.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... We didn't think it was to check out that great Vatican gift shop. When President Bush travels to Italy in a couple of weeks to meet with Pope John Paul II, "it will be more than a courtesy call." Bush's trip "will be a political pilgrimage for...

Standing as His Own Man?(Sen. Joseph Lieberman)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... This speculation game would be a lot easier if they'd just tell us which tea leaves to read. When Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., raised $175,000 for his leadership PAC at a June event hosted by some of former Vice I resident Al Gore's "closest...

New Hampshire Senate.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Could this, at long last. be the final word on which horse President Bush is hacking in the New Hampshire Senate race? Bush supports Bob Smith. R-N.H., for re-election, according to White House spokesman Ken Lisaius, who said Bush is...

Will They Be Republican Employees?(Iowa state employee layoffs)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Here's one way to lose 900 votes in your next election. The Des Moines Register's David Yepsen writes that Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. who is a Democrat, announced last week that the state will cut 900 jobs over the next year. Vilsack isn't "fixing...

Not So Swift, Jane.(Jane Swift, Massachusetts governor)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... At least she didn't fire 900 appointees. Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift's "appointment or a dead man to a low-profile stale advisory board may be embarrassing," but "political or servers are divided over whether it indicates an administration...

Yoga to Be Kidding Me.(New York Gov. George Pataki visits yoga instructor)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Maybe he thought he was going to see Yogi Berra. Gov. George E. Pataki of New York has quietly begun to visit the "Hamptons-based `Yogi to the Stars.' "Yoga instructor Camille Petrillo has had a three-year "therapeutic and instructional...

Cry Me a River.(Mississippi River politics)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Could this be a preview of the 2004 Democratic presidential race? For the "second straight summer," the ebb and flow of the Missouri River has divided" Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle of South Dakota and House Minority Leader Richard...

Quotables.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... "I think he's grooming Elian [Gonzalez] as his successor." --Oakland, Calif, Mayor Jerry Brown. writing about Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Talk magazine (New York Daily News, 7/2) "I think he thinks: `If I'm working, that's my normal life....

THE HAZARDS OF TRYING TO DENY THE OBVIOUS.(public opinion polls on Pres. George W. Bush)(Brief Article)(Polling Data)
July 7, 2001... It's always amusing to watch true believers, on the left or right, publicly deny the obvious only to end up with egg on their faces. In Washington, where emotions and partisanship run deep, it's a continual source of entertainment. One notable...

As a reporter covering savings and loan fraud, Christi Harlan said, "I loved chasing `tornadoes'.(appointed assistant director of the Office of External Affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... As a reporter covering savings and loan fraud, Christi Harlan said, "I loved chasing `tornadoes.' "Harlan, 43, a journalist turned communications pro, is heading to the agency that chases actual tornadoes. She will become the assistant director...

A former aide to Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania is the new deputy assistant secretary for legislation and congressional affairs at the Education Department.(Clayton Boothby)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... A former aide to Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania is the new deputy assistant secretary for legislation and congressional affairs at the Education Department. Clayton "Clay" Boothby, who has been working as a special assistant to Education...

Three top staff people at the Health Insurance Association of America are following Charles N. "Chip" Kahn to the Federation of American Hospitals, which represents for-profit hospitals.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Three top staff people at the Health Insurance Association of America are following Charles N. "Chip" Kahn to the Federation of American Hospitals, which represents for-profit hospitals. Kahn left the top spot at HIAA to become president of the...

Dianne Saenz, the new communications director at the Earth Policy Institute, says the two-month-old nonprofit aims to "produce bullet-proof research on scientific and environmental problems.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Dianne Saenz, the new communications director at the Earth Policy Institute, says the two-month-old nonprofit aims to "produce bullet-proof research on scientific and environmental problems." Saenz, 40, most recently served as a product manager...

Venn Strategies is a new two-woman lobbying and government relations firm named after those overlapping circles that made math class so fun.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Venn Strategies is a new two-woman lobbying and government relations firm named after those overlapping circles that made math class so fun. Its principals are two veterans of the Washington lobbying scene who decided it was time to strike out...

In bringing on Nick Hayes, the Livingston Group not only gets a seasoned Washington lobbyist, but also a roster of nonprofit, business, and education clients.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... In bringing on Nick Hayes, the Livingston Group not only gets a seasoned Washington lobbyist, but also a roster of nonprofit, business, and education clients. Hayes, 53, most recently ran a solo lobbying shop, Hayes & Co., where he represented...

Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.(international law firm)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... The international law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering has recently welcomed a slew of new hires, including several partners in its Washington office.The international law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering has recently welcomed a slew of new...

Rep. Chris John, D-La., has hired two Louisiana natives fresh out of college as legislative assistants.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Rep. Chris John, D-La., has hired two Louisiana natives fresh out of college as legislative assistants. Gray Stream, 22, who graduated from Vanderbilt University in May, will handle projects, appropriations, and transportation issues for John....

In the wake of the Democratic takeover in the Senate, the Joint Economic Committee has undergone a staff overhaul.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... In the wake of the Democratic takeover in the Senate, the Joint Economic Committee has undergone a staff overhaul. Incoming Vice Chairman lack Reed, D R.I., has picked Patricia Ruggles, the former Health and Human Services deputy assistant...

Capitol Hill newcomer Beverly Pheto is no stranger to transportation issues.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Capitol Hill newcomer Beverly Pheto is no stranger to transportation issues. Pheto, 43, recently became a Democratic professional staff member handling transportation at the House Appropriations Committee. She comes to the legislative branch...

Rep. Wes Watkins, R-Okla., is seeing some new faces around his office, but he has also managed to bring back a familiar one.(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... Rep. Wes Watkins, R-Okla., is seeing some new faces around his office, but he has also managed to bring back a familiar one. Elizabeth Bartheld, 26, has returned to Watkins's staff as legislative director after a yearlong stint as an associate...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
July 7, 2001... In the June 30 People column, the names Christin Tinsworth and Mark Gundersen were misspelled.

NEW JERSEY, THE PROVING GROUND STATE.(analysis of gubernatorial elections)(Brief Article)
July 7, 2001... The outcome of last week's Republican primary has turned New Jersey into a political proving ground. Democrats hope New Jersey will prove that the Republican Party has abandoned the mainstream. Conservatives hope New Jersey will prove that they...

THE STRANGE RITUALS OF WASHINGTON WHEN SCANDAL IS IN THE AIR.(Representative Gary Condit and missing intern Chandra Levy)
July 14, 2001... Torricelli who? Campaign finance what? Put away those questions, children; as of the past week or so, this has officially become the summer of Chandra--pronounced, as more and more pundits have come to be confident, not with a hard "ch," as in...

WHEN CONFUSION ABOUT SOVEREIGNTY REIGNS.
July 14, 2001... What is the point of international economic cooperation? To judge by last weekend's meeting in Rome of Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and the economic policy chiefs of the world's other big economies, there isn't any. But you will get another...

Is Arms Control Dead?
July 14, 2001... THROUGH 50 YEARS AND NINE PRESIDENTS, A COMPLICATED ARCHITECTURE OF ARMS CONTROL WAS BUILT TO RESTRAIN WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. NOW THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT IS TIME TO TEAR IT DOWN AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW. In early May, a...

Behind Bipartisanship.(George W. Bush's education policies)
July 14, 2001... EDUCATION REFORM HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT BIPARTISANSHIP IS STILL POSSIBLE IN WASHINGTON. BUT IS THAT A GOOD THING? President Bush was worried. The House committee handling his education bill was scheduled to vote on it in a few days, and...

The Devil's in the Details.(a look at social security)(Statistical Data Included)
July 14, 2001... LOTS OF BASIC QUESTIONS MUST BE ADDRESSED IN ANY ATTEMPT TO RESTRUCTURE SOCIAL SECURITY. HERE ARE 10 TO KEEP IN MIND. The President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, which began deliberations in early June and is scheduled to...

CONDIT MAKING CAPITOL UNCOMFORTABLE.(Representative Gary Condit)
July 14, 2001... It was around 3 p.m. on Tuesday and lawmakers were returning to Washington from their July Fourth recess. The House "Blue Dog" Democrats had called a press conference to talk about energy policy, but all reporters wanted to talk about was a...

THAT'S C-O-N-R-A-D.(Senator Kent Conrad)
July 14, 2001... The first time that President Bush met Sen. Kent Conrad, at the beginning of the year, he called him "Senator Dorgan." Admittedly, it's easy to mix up North Dakota's Senators--the two bespectacled Democrats are constantly together on Capitol...

PIVOTAL EVENTS IN CONGRESS.
July 14, 2001... JULY 9-12 Campaign Reform Derailed in House... In a highly unusual procedural move, the House on July 12 refused to begin debate on campaign finance reform under the terms crafted by Republican leaders. GOP leaders wrote a rule...

HOUSE-SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION.
July 14, 2001... JULY 9-12 On Spending Bills, Saving The Best (Fights) for Last * APPROPRIATIONS No sooner had the House and Senate Appropriations Committees returned from their July Fourth recess than they began racing against the clock to move...

A DRUG LAW'S LONG REACH.
July 14, 2001... The job of President of the United States entails, among other things, serving as a human lightning rod for critics of various government policies, no matter how far removed those policies are from the day-to-day operation of the presidency. As...

`ERGO TOUR' HITS THE ROAD.(social policy and ergonomics)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... On July 16, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao will kick off the first of three public forums addressing the controversial issue of ergonomics. This nationwide Ergo Tour 2,001, however, is already drawing criticism from labor groups and others who...

TANNED, RESTED, AND READY.(Northern Ireland and George W. Bush's management in foreign relations)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... When Bill Clinton left office, leaders of the Irish diaspora feared the new Administration's focus would be on the Middle East, China, and Russia, and not on the big troubles in little Northern Ireland. George W. Bush's first St. Patrick's...

SUPPORT DROPS.(support for legal abortion drops)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 14, 2001... Support for legal abortions has declined to its lowest point in six years. The number of Americans who think the procedure should be illegal in "all" or "most" instances has reached 43 percent, according to a poll for ABC News and Beliefnet--a...

UNDER THE INFLUENCE.(public opinion on alcohol)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 14, 2001... With President Bush's 19-year-old daughter Jenna lingering in the headlines after two underage drinking incidents, a new Associated Press poll indicates that teenagers and adults have similar opinions on the issue. Almost 70 percent of...

THE LIGHTS ARE ON.(public opinion on the energy policy and crisis)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 14, 2001... The number of Americans who think that the nation's energy crisis has reached a critical level has dropped 11 points since early May, according to a Gallup Poll. In Gallup's latest survey, 47 percent said the energy situation is "very serious,"...

`RIGHT' THINKING ON SOCIAL SECURITY.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... With the tax-cut battles behind them, conservative advocacy groups are beginning to turn their attention to Social Security reform. During the Fourth of July congressional recess, more than a dozen such groups-- including Citizens for a Sound...

FREE SPEECH BEDFELLOWS.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... Ralph Nader's Consumer Project on Technology and the Consumer Federation of America don't usually agree with big companies such as AOL Time Warner and Verizon Communications Inc. But these activist groups and corporate giants find...

ANTITRUST PROBLEMS FOR MICROSOFT RIVALS?(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... Microsoft Corp.'s business rivals cheered when a federal appeals court declared the company guilty of antitrust violations. But the future course of antitrust law creates uncertainty for these rivals, some of which are tangled in their own...

FROM THE K STREET CORRIDOR.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... Fleishman's New Lobbying "Brand" What's the latest from the merger front on K Street? Well. Fleishman-Hillard Inc., the St. Louis-based public relations giant, announced this week that it is merging its two Washington lobbying...

UNDER RUMSFELD, THE NAVY IS, WELL, AT SEA.(Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld)
July 14, 2001... For the Navy's admirals, tracking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's secretive strategic review for the past six months has been like riding a roller coaster at night: You can't see where you're going, and one minute you're up, then down, and...

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY.(social policy and the aged)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... There us undoubtedly a need for a need for an artificial heart. --Lead editorial The New York Times, July 4, 2001 Watch carefully these days, and you'll see journalism's future. On July 4, while much of the nation was at hokey parades...

THE G-8 CHALLENGE.(Group of 8)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... The G-8 Summit beginning on July 20 in Genoa, Italy--President Bush's first such meeting with the leaders of the eight principal industrial nation--is shaping up as another reality lesson for the new Administration, a reminder of the...

Resource Wars.(Review)
July 14, 2001... Resource Wars By Michael T. Klare Metropolitan Books 289 pages $26.00 Imagine a world plagued by ethnic, religious, and political turmoil, soaring population growth and troubling global climate change. Now add to that volatile mix a...

Blue Frontier: Saving America's Living Seas.(Review)
July 14, 2001... Blue Frontier: Saving America's Living Seas By David Helvarg W.H. Freeman & Co. 299 pages $24.95 Events in Washington during the next two years may determine the long-term health of America's oceans and coastal resources. As required by...

AL GORE'S LOYALTY GAP.(the next Democratic presidential candidate)
July 14, 2001... Although the political chiefs of organized labor say that it's far too early to begin taking sides in the 2004 Democratic presidential nominating contest, some of Al Gore's former campaign operatives are bracing for the worst. If House Minority...

HURDLES AHEAD FOR DEATH-PENALTY STUDY.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... Attorney General John D. Ashcroft came under heavy fire last month when the Justice Department released a report concluding there is no racial or geographic bias in its handling of capital punishment cases. The report showed that in 1995-2000,...

Hotline Extra.
July 14, 2001... Speeding the Plow Don't label this White House the Works-in-Progress Administration. On his first day back from his Fourth of July vacation. President Bush "chided" members of Congress for their "lethargic pace" in addressing his agenda....

TRAGEDY COULD COST DEMOCRATS CONDIT'S SEAT.(Representative Gary Condit)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... A missing Washington intern. A married Congressman under siege after denying--then Admitting--that he had a romantic relationship with her. Unfortunately, although it sounds like a beach novel, this tragedy is real. And for Democrats, just...

Interest Groups.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... At the Population Institute, the rise in world population isn't the only growth they're talking about. Staff numbers are also going up. New Public Policy Associate Vanessa M. Flindt is joining the institute, which raises awareness about the...

At the Bar.(career plans of former Solicitor General Seth P. Waxman)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... "I have a truly deep appreciation for both the quality of what the Supreme Court produces and the quality of lawyering that the Solicitor General's office represents," reflected Seth P. Waxman from an Internet cafe in Florence with a view of...

Around the Agencies.(political adviser Erie Andell)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... A Democrat with deep Houston roots is set to join the Education Department. Erie Andell, most recently a judge for Texas's 1st Court of Appeals, is moving to Washington, to become Secretary Rod Paige's senior adviser on juvenile justice and...

In the Tanks.(comedian and political activist Penn Jillette)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... If you didn't know him, you might think it odd that magician and comedian Penn Jillette, one half of the popular act Penn & Teller, has started work for Washington's Cato Institute. But he is just as happy spouting off against campaign finance...

Image-Makers.(political consultants)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... On its one-month anniversary, 411 Communications moved out of Chris Ingram's basement and into an office in Rosslyn, Va. "My wife works from home, too, and I figured if we were going to stay married, I needed to get out of the house," Ingram,...

Lobby Shops.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... Born and raised in Washington, Mark J. Tavlaride, said he was naturally drawn to a career in government and politics. "I loved Hubert Humphrey and cried when he lost. I was in fifth grade," he said. Now, after almost eight years in the Clinton...

Hill People.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... "I guess I've always had the bug," said Colin Van Ostern--the political bug, that is. Van Ostern is leaving the office of Rep. Jim Turner, D-Texas, where he spent a year as communications director, to hold the same title for the New Hampshire...

PRESIDENT LETS DEMOCRATS SEIZE THE CENTER.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2001... Some people wondered how much difference it would make for Democrats to reclaim control of the Senate. Now we know. The patients' bill of rights had languished in Congress for years, as Sen. John D. Rockefeller W, D-W.Va., noted during the...

THE OLYMPICS IN CHINA? KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR UNDERWEAR.
July 21, 2001... On July 13, when the International Olympic Committee announced that it had selected Beijing as the site of the 2008 Olympics, I recalled instantly the front desk of the Beijing Hilton in the wee hours of a morning in August 1995. I had just...

PRIVACY IS AN INNOCENT VICTIM IN THE CHANDRA LEVY CASE.
July 21, 2001... Give Jim Murphy an Emmy. Also an Oscar, a Tony, an Obie, and a Hugo. Plus the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the Booker Prize, and an honorable mention in the Van Cliburn international piano competition. Murphy is--or, as...

Family Tree, Party Roots.(political activities of the Bush family and the Republican Party)
July 21, 2001... THE ODYSSEY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAN BE TRACED THROUGH THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL TRAVELS OF THE BUSH CLAN. Nearly five decades ago, on a cool night in late October, a political neophyte running for a vacant U.S. Senate seat in...

PhRMA Fights Back.
July 21, 2001... DRUGMAKERS HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR EASING THEIR MANY POLITICAL, LEGAL, AND REGULATORY HEADACHES: MORE MONEY ON LOBBYING, PR, AND ADVERTISING. Just before a National Republican Senatorial Committee fundraising luncheon at New...

BEYOND-THE-BELTWAY BLUES.(Pharmaceutical industry and politics)(Brief Article)
July 21, 2001... Aside from its Washington troubles, the drug industry suffers from political and legal headaches in states where legislatures, executive officials, and attorneys general have targeted high drug prices. Some states have recently enacted laws...

AIDS: A MORAL AND FINANCIAL QUANDARY.(Brief Article)
July 21, 2001... No controversy seems to have hit the pharmaceutical industry's image--and potentially its bottom line--harder than the issue of drug prices for some 25 million Africans infected with HIV/AIDS. AIDS activists, several international...

THE BURDEN OF THE HOUSE.
July 21, 2001... On Wednesday morning, Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., walked out of the House Republicans' weekly closed-door meeting wearing a huge grin. It was a strange facial expression for a lawmaker who just last week was sandbagged by his own...

PIVOTAL EVENTS IN CONGRESS.
July 21, 2001... JULY 16-19 `Faith-Based' Plan Survives House Scare After quelling a potential rebellion by GOP moderates, Republican leaders on July 19 pushed through the House a scaled-back version of President Bush's "faith-based" initiative by a...