Who's Who.

• Author: THREADGILL, SUSAN
• Position: Brief Article

Who are the most difficult bosses on the Hill? Among senators, Vincent Morris of George magazine says the most likely to reward subordinates with "tantrums, tongue lashings, and flying objects" are Barbara Mikulski, Robert Torricelli, and Anita Hill's good friend Arlen Specter. In the House, the unpleasant bosses include Mark Sanford, who asks his aides to wash his sheets, Sheila Jackson Lee, who "had an intern positioned at her side all day so he'd be ready to open her Sweet 'n Low packets for her," and John Conyers, whose staff's dudes include "babysitting and changing soiled diapers" Rick Hill threw a letter opener at an aide. Mikulski throws telephones and "any other handy object."

George W. Bush claims he did not use connections to get into the Air Guard and thus escape the Vietnam draft. Perhaps not. But the Texas Air Guard at that time was not exactly a home for the unconnected. Among its members were Lloyd Bensten III, Senator John Tower's son, and, according to The Washington Post, "at least seven members of the Dallas Cowboys"

Tom Daschle, the Senate Democratic Leader, recently described his Republican counterpart, Trent Lott, as a "control freak" Obviously reluctant to violate senatorial rules of courtesy, Daschle tried to explain: "You know I love him, but I think he wants control. It's not meant to be derogatory. I mean it's just his nature. I say it in a light-hearted way. I don't mean he's a freak. I'm just saying he's a control nut."

What public official is more highly paid that Bill Clinton? It's not your first guess or even your hundredth. Lee Baca, the Los Angeles County sheriff, makes $207,000 per year. He is also eligible for a pension of $142,000 which he is graciously declining to collect.

Mrs. Jeb Bush, the wife of Florida's governor, was recently caught trying to slip $19,000 worth of Parisian clothes and jewelry by Customs officials, saying they were only worth $500. Is this a trait of Bush women? Perhaps not but Who's Who aficionados will recall that President George Bush's dear friend Jennifer Fitzgerald was caught in a similar transgression back when she was working at the State Department.

If you doubt the power of congressional aides, consider the identity of the person The Wall Street Journal's David Rogers found to be responsible for holding up aid to Macedonia when that country was being flooded with Kosovar refugees. It was Robin, Cleveland, Hitch McConnell's subcommittee clerk who is, according to Rogers...