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Caucus workers' time cards lacking
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/25/2001; STEVEN WALTERS; 1168 words;
Caucus workers' time cards lacking Gap in payroll records during ... State-paid workers for the Assembly's two political caucuses did not record their work hours in the hectic weeks before ... or payroll records existed for Republican and Democratic caucus workers for the time between August 2000 and January ...
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Caucus opponents balk at lawmakers' proposal
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/11/2001; DENNIS CHAPTMAN; 727 words;
Caucus opponents balk at lawmakers' proposal They call idea to ... Legislative leaders working on a deal to abolish state Capitol caucus staffs are also considering adding six members to each of their office staffs, a caucus opponent said Wednesday, a move he claimed is an effort ...
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Caucus mailing assailed
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/8/2001; DENNIS CHAPTMAN; 688 words;
Caucus mailing assailed But officials say sending the campaign-sty ... 8, 2001 Madison -- The move by the Assembly Democratic caucus to mail nearly 300,000 pieces of campaign-style literature less than two months before the caucus will be abolished received sharp criticism from the head ...
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Cut Back, Caucuses Struggle to Go Forward
The Washington Post; 3/23/1995; Kenneth J. Cooper; 1254 words;
The Congressional Black Caucus continues to meet most Wednesday afternoons ... affirmative action. The Congressional Arts Caucus also has been slow to lobby against ... Delegation, once a congressionally funded caucus, faces "a huge vacuum" of information ...
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India Caucus fails first test
India Abroad; 3/21/2003; Haniffa, Aziz; 1234 words;
Caucus members shy away from pressing issues like racial profiling The 140-plus member Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans with its new leadership ... Crowley, New York Democrat and co-chair of the Caucus, outraged at the treatment meted out to an Indo-Canadi ... the Toronto Star and several ...
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Caucus flap shows bigger problems
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/21/2001; STEVEN WALTERS; 1189 words;
Caucus flap shows bigger problems Ethics, Elections boards' resources ... were exposed by the review of the Legislature's political caucuses. At issue are allegations that state employees performed ... such activity. The review of the alleged political work by caucus workers, who are hired and fired by partisan ...
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Documents point to caucus' campaign work on state time
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/15/2001; STEVEN WALTERS; 1126 words;
Documents point to caucus' campaign work on state time By STEVEN ... campaigning by state-paid Assembly Republican caucus workers who would ignore research requests ... public Wednesday. The taxpayer-funded GOP caucus "was a campaign headquarters" in the ...
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Lawmakers fight caucus scrutiny
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/25/2001; STEVEN WALTERS; 817 words;
Lawmakers fight caucus scrutiny One idea would have staffers ... considering reassigning employees of partisan caucuses now under investigation to specific legislators ... a symbolic attempt to try to kill the caucuses, said Friday that abolishing the caucuses ...
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For Enlarged Congressional Black Caucus, a New Kind of Impact
The Washington Post; 9/19/1993; Kenneth J. Cooper; 1176 words;
The Congressional Black Caucus of old rarely had any noticeable influence ... Reagan refused to meet with the small caucus and did so without facing any political ... But this year, it was a larger black caucus that refused to meet with President ...
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Secrecy of caucus deal decried
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/26/2001; DENNIS CHAPTMAN AND RICHARD P. JONES; 939 words;
Secrecy of caucus deal decried; official defends 'practical ... scrap the state Legislature's partisan caucuses was hatched in a closed-door meeting in ... allegations that employees of the four caucuses -- two each in the Senate and Assembly ...
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House GOP votes to take away space, funds from congressional caucuses. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/6/1994; Walters, Nolan; 637 words;
WASHINGTON _ The Congressional Black Caucus and 27 similar special interest organizations in Congress ... forefront of legislative battles _ including the Hispanic caucus, the women's caucus and the Black Caucus. While the GOP vote doesn't outright ...
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Hispanic Caucus Shows Its New-Found Clout; `Troubled' by Provision of Jobless Aid Bill, 20 House Latinos Help to Block It
The Washington Post; 10/2/1993; Kenneth J. Cooper; 897 words;
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, before this year not big enough to ... unemployment benefits after Hispanic Caucus Chairman Jose E. Serrano (D-N.Y.) threatened ... April when the Congressional Black Caucus, complaining its members had not been ...
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CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS MEMBERS CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS MEMBERS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE SUPREME COURT NOMINATION OF JUDGE SAMUEL ALITO
Washington Transcript Service; 12/8/2005; 3866 words;
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE SUPREME COURT NOMINATION OF JUDGE SAMUEL ALITO DECEMBER 8, 2005 SPEAKERS: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MELVIN L. WATT (D-NC), CHAIRMAN, CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS U.S. DELEGATE ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON (D-DC) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX) U.S ... .
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Ethics Board's caucus deal fuels investigation dispute
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/20/2001; DENNIS CHAPTMAN AND RICHARD P. JONES; 1424 words;
Ethics Board's caucus deal fuels investigation dispute Agency ... misdeeds of the Legislature's partisan caucuses. But the head of the board said meaningful ... compromise that eliminated lawmakers' partisan caucuses. "The caucuses are gone. There are new ...
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No conflict in caucus probe
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/18/2002; RICHARD JONES; 898 words;
No conflict in caucus probe, DA says Blanchard should stay on ... After hearing the lead prosecutor in the caucus investigation, his wife and 10 other people ... Milwaukee), the only lawmaker charged in the caucus scandal, sat in the front row with his ...
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