Skip banner
HomeSourcesHow Do I?Site MapHelp
Return To Search FormFOCUS
Search Terms: legal + services + corporation

Document ListExpanded ListKWICFULL format currently displayed

Previous Document Document 26 of 191. Next Document

Copyright 2000 The Washington Post  
The Washington Post

October 14, 2000, Saturday, Final Edition

SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A10

LENGTH: 367 words

HEADLINE: POLITICS; Republicans Rap Democrat for GOP-Like Votes

BYLINE: Juliet Eilperin

BODY:


National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas M. Davis III (Va.) isn't letting a little thing like his own voting record prevent him from attacking Rep. Calvin M. Dooley (D-Calif.). In a new ad, the NRCC accuses Dooley of being soft on crime, basing the charges in part on the congressman's votes to transfer funds from "Truth in Sentencing" grants to crime prevention programs and to increase funding for the Legal Services Corp.

Dooley, it so happens, was joined on those votes by Davis and a slew of other Republicans. "The Republican Party has a criminal case of hypocrisy. For them to attack me as soft on crime when their own campaign chairman has voted the same way that I have, is a stunning display of either stupidity or desperation," Dooley said. "Do Republicans think their own chairman is soft on crime too?"

But NRCC spokesman Jim Wilkinson argued that context is everything in an election year.

Several weeks ago the NRCC attacked physician Paul Perry, the Democrat challenging Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.), for supporting collective bargaining among doctors, a position Davis also holds. "I've said it once, I'll say it twice," Wilkinson said. "All politics continues to be local, particularly in October."



Spending Spree Rolls On



New Jersey Democratic Senate nominee Jon Corzine's personal spending spree is headed for the $ 50 million mark, according to campaign finance documents released this week.

Corzine, a former Wall Street investment banker, dropped $ 37 million of his own fortune on the Senate primary and spent another $ 9.3 million between July and September for a running total of $ 46 million heading into the final weeks of the campaign, where he is certain to spend millions more.

All the cash helped Corzine blow past former New Jersey governor James Florio in the primary and has propelled him to a solid lead over GOP nominee Rep. Bob Franks, according to recent public polls. Before Corzine came along, the record for personal spending on a Senate race belonged to California Republican Michael Huffington, who plowed $ 30 million into a losing race in 1994.



Staff writer Ben White contributed to this report.



LOAD-DATE: October 14, 2000




Previous Document Document 26 of 191. Next Document


FOCUS

Search Terms: legal + services + corporation
To narrow your search, please enter a word or phrase:
   
About LEXIS-NEXIS® Academic Universe Terms and Conditions Top of Page
Copyright © 2002, LEXIS-NEXIS®, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.