Molecules still shift whenever Dan Rostenkowski walks into a room. Everyone looks up and shrinks a little to make space for one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress. But while the chairman of the House Ways and Means < Committee should be in his glory as he oversees the passage of President Clinton's tax bill, he is stuck beneath the darkest cloud of his career. The prospect that Rostenkowski may soon be indicted and stripped of his chairmanship has placed his ability to help Clinton in serious doubt. And the potential loss of Rostenkowski's deft political skills makes some Democrats...
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