European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes election �?T92 wednesday november 11,1992 members of the democratic majority in the Senate share a laugh monday in Washington. In the front Row from left Are Ben night horse Campbell or Colorado Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois Patty Murray of Washington and Barbara a. Mikulski of Maryland. In the Back Row Are Harry Reid of Nevada John b. Breaux of Louisiana Christopher j. Dodd of Connecticut Patrick j. Leahy of Vermont and Thomas a. Daschle of South Dakota. Senate s freshman class learns Washington ways Washington apr bathed in television lights and looking a bit Awe struck 11 senators to be arrived at the Capitol on monday to learn the nuts and bolts of their new jobs. Among the vital lessons How they and their staffs will get paid ethics rules governing senators where to go for computers and telephones a and just who those Marble busts arc surrounding the historic chamber. They re former vice presidents a a in a a Little overwhelmed right at this moment a said Dianne Feinstein a new democratic senator from California who was at the Center of a mob of reporters and to cameras. Driving to the Capitol past the City a monuments a fall of a sudden i looked at them a Little differently a she said. As the car passed the Lincoln memorial a i said hello Abe a and someone in the car said a Welcome the Daylong orientation behind closed doors included a visit from vice president elect Al Gore. Participants said he told the new group that a we Are on the same new adventure in trying to make the government work better. A in the group sounded As if they were still on the Campaign Trail. A my goal is to bring the politics of this country Back Home a Little bit and not be so Washington oriented a said Russell Feingold a Democrat who Defeated Wisconsin incumbent Republican sen. Robert w. Kasten or. Barbara Boxer a former House member and newly elected Democrat from California said coming to the Senate As part of a new class with four women including Carol Moseley Braun the first Black female senator a is a very special there also is an american Indian Ben night horse Campbell a Colo. A it looks More like America a Boxer said. Most of them will be sworn in Jan. 5 when Congress reconvenes. Frinstein who is filling out the last two years of an unexpired term was sworn in tuesday. The future senators Are Feinstein Boxer Campbell Dirk Kempthorne a Idaho Braun Diu. Judd Gregg . . Faircloth . Byron Dorgan . Robert Bennett a Utah Patty Murray a Wash. And Feingold. Alan Simpson re elected minority whip in Senate from wire reports Washington Republican senators tuesday re elected sen. Alan k. Simpson of Wyoming to Senate minority whip a their no. 2 Jmaj or hip to in one of several contests seen As a possible a a Quot a prelude to the internal struggle for the future of the party. Simpson won the closed door election Over sen. Slade Gorton of Washington on a 25-14 vote among his colleagues according to gop senators who were present. Senate Republican and democratic party caucuses were meeting in private to pick their Simpson leaders for the next session which begins Jan. 5. Majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Maine said there were no contested democratic races. Minority Leader Robert Dole of Kansas was certain to win re election to his Post. That will make him the nations top elected Republican official after president Bush leaves office Jan. 20. Women to get bathroom Washington a the a year of the woman in politics is already having an Impact on the Senate. Its getting a women a bathroom. Majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Maine said a women a restroom is being installed near the Senate chamber next to the menus room. Mitchell said he anticipated the need and had work begin before last weeks elections when four new female elected to the Senate. Bearing a sign that says a senators Only a the menus room for years has been located a paces off the Senate floor on the second Story of the Capitol. Although there have been two female senators in recent years the nearest bathroom available for them was on the first floor where there Are Public restrooms. Hillary Clinton to leave firm Little Rock Ark. A Hillary Clinton is cutting links with her Law firm though it is unclear when she will officially leave. A a she a wrapping up her obligations there a spokeswoman Maggie Williams said monday. Williams said she does not know whether the transition will be completed before president elect Clinton enters the White House on Jan. 20. A the timetable is not Clear a she said. Hillary Clinton 45, joined the Rose Law firm in 1977, after graduating from Yale Law school and teaching Law at the University of Arkansas. She has been the family a main breadwinner making about $109,000 in 1991. As governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton earns $35,000 a year. Clinton prepares for economic brainstorming by Susan Baer the Baltimore Sun Little Rock Ark. After a weekend of Golf jogging and movies president elect Clinton has returned to the business of building an administration and put an economic Summit at the top of his Agenda. A i want to bring in some of the brightest people in the country from a Broad Range of backgrounds to talk to them about the Gravity of the situation Deal with what our options Are get As Many Good ideas As i can a Clinton said after monday morning meetings at the state Capitol with his state Cabinet his lieutenant governor and his Mother. Although the unemployment rate had held steady and even declined slightly he said a underneath that manufacturing unemployment is up production is Down. There Are a lot of very troubling signs in the Economy. I think this is what the elec Tion was about. A i just think it would be a very Good thing for me and for the country to have two or three Days where we really just focus on the Economy give some people the Chance to have their say to me directly and talk about what our options Clinton spokesman George Stephano Poulos said he expected the two or three Day Little Rock meeting a what he called an a information gathering Summit a to take place before Christmas. Clinton spent the afternoon at the governors mansion with vice president elect Al Gore and transition director Warren Christopher. They worked on a timetable for the transition to the White House. More transition team appointments but no Cabinet announcements Are expected this week Steph Nopoulos said. He added that the transition Board including its chairman civil rights Leader Vernon e. Jordan will Convene in Little Rock next week. The spokesman also suggested that the president elect who has had no formal conversations with the Media since winning office is Likely to hold his first news conference sometime this week. Earlier in the Day after a morning jog and workout at the Myca Clinton met with Arkansas it. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and mapped out a schedule for the governors resignation. A we still have a things we need to get a handle on a said Tucker declining to announce any Date for the Transfer of Power. Last week a court in Little Rock ruled that Tucker would take Over the remaining two years of Clinton a governorship but the ruling is expected to be appealed by democratic state attorney general Winston Bryant who wants to be governor and by the state Republican party. The president elect also spent part of the morning returning Calls to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and South african president . De Klerk All of whom had phoned to congratulate him on his win and express a desire to meet with him soon. In his conversation with Rabin Clinton stressed his support for the continuation of the Middle East peace talks a and said that he hoped there would be no delay or slowing Down a Steph Nopoulos report he said Clinton commended de Klerk for working toward a democratic process saying that although he was concerned about racial violence in South Africa he was pleased with recent Progress. And Clinton congratulated Kohl on the third anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and said he hoped to strengthen Trade relationships
