The House: Pouring In the Money

If money is the mother's milk of politics, two well-suckled races are under way in Oklahoma and New York. Tulsa Democrat James Jones, chairman of the House Budget Committee, is being targeted by a heavily financed Republican effort. Manhattan's Bill Green has met a match as rich as he: Andrew Stein.

Down-Home Budget Brawl

Oklahoma Democrat James Jones commands a lot of respect in Congress. He is patient and intelligent, moderate and courageous. Yet the Republicans very badly want to defeat him, indeed to skin him, and not just because he comes from a...

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