FYI Amadou Scattred January 12, 2001 A publication of Votenet Solutions, Inc. No More Governor Bush; Taps Unknown for Treasury Mike Allen, Washington Post President-elect Bush said today that he will nominate Paul H. O'Neill, chairman of aluminum giant Alcoa Inc., as his Treasury secretary -- a choice that put greater stock in relationships and government expertise than in the traditional Wall Street résumé. Clinton's Last Push for Mideast Peace Financial Times Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met US President Bill Clinton at the White House on Wednesday night. Mr Clinton would like to mediate a summit of the respective leaders before he leaves office on January 20. However, with the situation tense on the ground and important issues still unresolved, hopes of reviving the peace process are being played down. Black Caucus May Skip Inauguration Susan Crabtree, Roll Call President-elect George W. Bush plans to reach out to various Democratic leaders with a visit to Capitol Hill this week, but he has yet to defuse a powder keg of tensions among African-American Members set to explode if he fails to quickly address the alleged voting-rights violations that occurred during the election. Black People Not Digging Nov. 7th Episode Mike Clary, Los Angeles Times The day Condoleezza Rice's smiling visage graced the front pages of both daily newspapers here this week should have been, by all rights, a day of celebration at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Bios of the Bush Wagon Washington Post Biographies of current Bush Cabinet picks Major Protests Expected Inauguration Day David Montgomery & Arthur Santana, Washington Post The raw wounds left by the presidential election finale have created enough irritation to unleash one of the largest inauguration protests in years, according to veteran organizers and police officials. The Latest Picks Edwin Chen, Los Angeles Times President-elect George W. Bush named Alcoa Chairman Paul H. O'Neill as Treasury secretary Wednesday and signaled his intention to move aggressively to head off what he fears may be an economic downturn. In a separate announcement later in the day, Bush nominated three other Cabinet members: business executive and longtime associate Don Evans for Commerce secretary, former California agriculture director Ann M. Veneman to be Agriculture secretary and Mel Martinez, a county commissioner in Florida, for secretary of Housing and Urban Development. More News Pontificating Media Picks Howard Kurtz, Washington Post Suddenly the nation's largest newspapers, which had been breathlessly chronicling the tightest presidential battle of the modern era, are filled with talk about federal agency heads. Long profiles of Dubya's nominees for the Agriculture Department and the Commerce Department and the Housing and Urban Development Department. Inside skinny on who has the best chance of running EPA and Interior. Textual deconstruction of the possibilities at HHS. Beltway Bush Editorial, Christian Science Monitor President-elect George Walker Bush has a historic opportunity to lead the nation based on the real mandate the American people have sent to Washington: a mandate of the middle. It is a mandate to heal wounds and reach across party lines, to bring into his government authentic voices of the loyal opposition, and to ask of the opposition an equally authentic spirit of cooperation to govern from the center. Big Ups on Tax Cuts James Flanigan, Los Angeles Times Suddenly the idea of a tax cut is becoming respectable as worries mount about the U.S. economy. The darkening outlook has prompted debate about how a sizable tax reduction would affect growth and how quickly one could be put into effect. Revisiting Nazi Rhetoric Richard Cohen, Washington Post With the help of Richard Breitman, a historian at American University, I resurrected Himmler's statements because lately I've been hearing echoes of them. They came first in a National Public Radio documentary called "Witness to an Execution" and, more recently, in a New York Times article titled "Working Death Row." Both had to do with the people, the actual men and women, whose job it is to put people to death. They work at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas prison system -- the death house. More Opinions Roll Call Votes: U.S. House of Representatives 106th Congress, 2nd Session (2000) As compiled through the electronic voting machine by the House Tally Clerks under the direction of Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House. U.S. Senate 106th Congress, 2nd Session (2000) Lists the recorded votes taken yesterday and on other days during the past week, indicating date of the vote, bill number if applicable, result of the vote, and the description of the question on which the vote was taken. In Congress: This Week on the House Floor 106th Congress, 2nd Session (2000) The schedule the House intends to consider this week. Pending Business in the Senate 106th Congress, 2nd Session (2000) Pending Business consists of any measures or motions which are currently under consideration on the Floor of the Senate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Political Junkie is brought to you by Votenet Solutions, Inc. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------