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The public and media should also focus on state and local elections because these events serve as laboratories of democracy. They also affect issues which confront the field of civil engineering. Thirteen persons will serve for the first time when 36 individuals take their oath of office as governors in Jan 1991. Fob James Jr of Alabama and David M Beasley of South Carolina were unfortunate not to be reelected. ASCE section should pay attention to these political changes because a new state administration brings with it a new agenda and personalities.
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American Society of Civil Engineering's first congressional fellow reflects on his work as a staff member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. He claims that the most challenging part is his involvement with the drafting of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act II. His work as a congressional staff member involves evaluating volumes of information contained in several reports, papers and discussions from civil engineering experts.
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Issues discussed concern the ethical aspects of political campaign finance, focusing on whether it is ethical for candidates to receive funds from consulting firms with interests in public engineering contracts. Topics addressed include political action committees, regulations governing corporate contributions to campaigns, and the relationship between politicians and special interests.
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