Word: 95th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...upcoming series of confirmation hearings is, therefore, an important test of character for the liberal Democrats in the 95th Congress. They can strive for an extended honeymoon with the Carter administration and acquiesce in all his legislative initiatives. Or, profiting by Phil Hart's example in the Eastland case, they can remain friendly but true to their convictions, rejecting Cabinet nominees and policies, that they cannot accept...
...insisted that no further sales be authorized to the Persian Gulf States until a thorough review of U.S. arms policy is reported to the Committee. Congress has also asked the President to negotiate multilateral arms export controls. I plan to make this entire question a top priority when the 95th Congress convenes...
Last night's reception for 25 newly elected senators and congressmen at the Faculty Club kicked off a week-long conference designed to familiarize them with the basic motions of legislative process and upcoming issues to be faced in the 95th Congress...
Intense Contest. The Senate showdown will come on Jan. 4, the day the 95th Congress convenes. The Democrats will select a successor to the retiring majority leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana, and the Republicans a new minority leader to replace retiring Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania...
...Medical School of the University of California at Davis, which reserves 16 out of 100 places in each entering class for minority students. That quota system at Davis was challenged by Civil Engineer Allan Bakke, 36, who has degrees from Minnesota and Stanford, and scored in the 95th percentile on his entrance tests. Bakke, a somewhat mysterious figure who refuses to be interviewed or photographed, says through a lawyer only that he finds engineering "unsatisfying" and that he believes medicine would be "more rewarding...