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_Nation & World_-_ Attacks from page A4 parade before us an array of illegalities, improprieties, taking the Fifth Amend ment, absentee witnesses, all the time the Justice Department was trying to keep a lid on it and keep the facts from the American people,” Thompson said. “I don’t mind good foxhole conversions, but there has to be accountability first.” In Florida, Bush said he is consider ing calling for suspension of a 4.3 cents-per-gallon gasoline tax passed in 1993 with Gore casting the tie-break ing vote in the Senate. A number of Re publicans in Congress are thinking about such a move to counter rising gasoline prices brought on by an oil shortage stem ming from production cuts put in place by the oil producing nations. Gore said in his AP interview that getting the oil producing nations to in crease supply is the way to go and En eigy Secretary Bill Richardson said Sun day he is opposed to suspending the 1993 gas tax. Bush’s chief political strategist, Karl Rove, had even harsher criticism of Gore and a 1996 fund-raiser he attended at a Buddhist temple in California. A Gore friend and political supporter recently was convicted of arranging illegal dona tions in connection with the event. “Sometimes Vice President Gore has a big problem telling the truth,” Rove said on “Fox News Sunday.” “The Bud dhist temple involved violations of law. Fifty-five thousand dollars in illegal con tributions were funneled through that fund-raiser, and the vice president has consistently not told the truth about his involvement in that fund-raiser.” Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., ap pearing on the same program, said he hoped Bush and McCain will set aside the bitterness of the campaign and unite against Gore for the good of the party. “If John McCain jumps on board, and he puts his heart into it, woe be un to the Democrats,” said Graham, who helped lead McCain’s effort in South Car olina Bush made his comments after tour ing the Strawberry Festival, a carnival complete with Ferris wheels, conch frit ters and strawberries everywhere. The governor made himself a tow ering strawberry shortcake at a booth sponsored by St. Clement Catholic Church. McCain had criticized Bush for speaking at a South Carolina Christian school whose leaders have criticized Catholicism. jGarj3& Quick Cash^6^*Opportunities ■®De^f or regular? Sleep in or go to class? Life is full of hard decisions. Does anyone pay you to make them? We do!!! Take part in USC researchers’ decision-making experiments on campus. Give us 2 hours of your time and make about $10 per hour. 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Hollings, 78, said it wasn’t necessary for him to at tend most of the meetings and that much of his work is done outside such gatherings. He expressed surprise that his attendance was as high as records showed “That’s more than I thought,” Hollings, D-S.G, said During the same time, U.S. Sen. Strom Thur mond R.-S.C., made about half his committee and sub committee meetings. Hollings said the 97-year-old Republican is there more because “he’s got nothing else to do.” It’s nearly impossible to make all Senate meetings, which sometimes overlap or clash with other impor tant events. But Hollings serves on some of the most high-pow ered coveted committees in the Senate. As the ranking Commerce Committee member, Hollings is part of all seven subcommittees and also * serves on five Appropriations subcommittees. The Bud get Committee has no subcommittees. Thurmond serves on the Armed Services Com mittee and three of its subcommittees; the Judiciary Committee, leading one subcommittee and serving on three others; and the Veterans Affairs Committee, which has no subcommittees. Charles Dunn, a former Clemson University po litical analyst now at Grove City College in Pennsyl vania, said the committee process is where legislation is largely shaped. Dunn said Hollings’ attendance was a “low num ber.” Even if Hollings’ staffers are at meetings, the sena tor’s absence “sends a signal to his staff that he’s not in terested,” Dunn said. Hollings said voters shouldn’t worry about his com mittee-attendance record. “It’s the worst indication in the world” of a senator’s performance, he said. In 1999, Hollings had a 97 percent floor-voting record. Thurmond said the meetings are significant. “I at tend all of them unless there’s some conflict,” he said. “That’s what I’m up here for—to answer the people’s business. You can’t do it unless you attend the meet-. ings.” There are other areas where Hollings and his office have slowed. Since re-elected, he’s gone from putting out up to four news releases a day to sending out only a few notices all 1999 touting his achievements. Also, at least 12 staffers left Hollings’ office. Some say Hollings remains one of the most formi dable and effective lawmakers in the Senate. He can still draw money for projects like the U.S. Border Patrol School and the Hollings Cancer Center, both in Charleston. During Hollings’ last campaign against Republican Congressman Bob Inglis, the senator questions his op ponents’ vo'ting record although the two had similar records for the 105 th Congress. “I though it was an unwarranted attack” in the 1998 race, Inglis said. “I wonder what the senator thinks, hav ing used that weapon when he’s apparently quite guilty of a greater offense.” Hollings has faced some personal struggles in the past year — his house in Isle of Palms burned down, his wife had double knee-replacement surgery — although he said that nothing in his personal life has affected his committee attendance. Find the Best Price on New and Pre-Owned Hondas www.rickhendrickhonda.com . 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