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Speaker Hastert, Hyde Discuss COLA in 2001

House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) (at top of table) met with Judiciary representatives in May to discuss agenda-topping issues and legislation in the waning months of the 106^th Congress. Speaking on behalf of the Judiciary were (left to right) Administrative Office Director Leonidas Ralph Mecham; Judge Wayne R. Andersen (N.D. Ill.) a member of the Judicial Confer- ence Committee on the Judicial Branch; Judge David R. Hansen (8^th Cir.), chairman of the Committee on the Judicial Branch; and Judge Ann C. Williams (7^th Cir.), president of the Federal Judges Association.
Representative Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) (to the Speaker's left) also participated in the discussions. As chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Hyde has had a long-standing interest in the Judiciary.

Among the topics discussed by the participants were judges pay and the Judiciary's appropriations. The Speaker again indicated his support for a 2001 COLA for members of Congress and judges. Despite last year's successful effort, both the Speaker and Chairman Hyde cautioned that this is an election year, which will make it even more difficult to get a COLA.