Members of Congress shrugged their shoulders and procrastinated this week, putting off tough budget and tax decisions until after Tuesday’s elections.

Pole Vault. Most campaign cash given to self, vaulting candidate into contention: Jon Corzine, Democratic Senate candidate, NJ: $33 million.

Now that the corporate sponsors of the Republican convention have packed up their trade show and are moving it over to the Democratic convention in Los Angeles, it i

• Increase in campaign fundraising by congressional candidates for the 2000 elections over fundraising for the same time period in the 1998 elections: 37 percent.1