70 Year Magazine Archive

Group Therapy

by Christopher Buckley

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From a transcript of a meeting of Demsdebreaks, the newly organized support group for formerly powerful Democrats.

Attending the session were: about-to-be former House Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Dingell of Michigan; about-to-be former Speaker of the House Thomas Foley of Washington; about-to-be former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jack Brooks of Texas; about-to-be former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois; about-to-be former House Health and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Henry Waxman of California; and Vernon Jordan, of the formerly prestigious Washington law firm, Akin Gump. Former Republican / Democratic operative David Gergen acted as facilitator.

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