Club Business

A member faces expulsion

It is a rare occasion when more than a few of the 100 U.S. Senators are present in the chambers to listen to a debate. But last week nearly all the members of what has been called the most exclusive club in the world sat quietly at their desks and listened. The solemn and painful business at hand was Senate Resolution 204, urging the expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams, 62, New Jersey Democrat, member of the club for 23 years and convicted felon. His crime: accepting stock in a Virginia...

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