” It was summertime, and the watermelon crop had begun to come in. I was encouraged by Hastert’s support and confident we would pass legislation in the coming year. Not me; I wanted to stay for dinner. Since the Senate had forty-four Republicans, the probability that they would at least try to filibuster health care was high.
s of North Korea abandoning its weapons and missile programs and reconciling with South Korea, while minimizing the risks of its failure to do so. unn, James Exon, Carl Levin, Robert Byrd, Edward Kennedy, Bob Graham, Jeff Bingaman, John Glenn, Richard Shelby, Joe Lieberman, and Chuck Robb. the Congress, always told me the downside of every situation without wanting me to give in to it, and was a shrewd hearts player. t he would block any health-care legislation and make my program a major issue in the November congressional elections.
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