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Article: Rep. Anthony may find caucuses a tough sell as he tries to establish public finance group. (Beryl Anthony)
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- The Bond Buyer
- Article date:
- September 4, 1991
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Beryl Anthony, who plans to launch a public finance caucus this month, may have to fight an uphill battle to make his group an effective voice for tax-exempt bonds in Congress, Capitol Hill watchersw said last week.
The main obstacle the Arkansas Democrat face is that the reputation of caucuses as repositories of information on various issues has been tarnished by a proliferation of caucuses that do little substantive work, municipal lobbyists said.
At the same time, he also faces the suspicions of some congressional leaders, who regard these groups as ways for members to circumvent the committee system in promoting issues that ...