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...independence of Congress and its defiance of the President are established and growing phenomena. Perhaps Viet Nam and Watergate injured the presidency even more than we thought. Reverence for the office is diminished. Personal disdain is often open, as when Senator James Abourezk suggested during the natural gas filibuster that Carter had lied. Ever increasing staffs of experts have bolstered the self-confidence of the men on the Hill?some of whom had ample self-confidence to begin with. The aides often know as much or more about the subjects than the newcomers in the White House and can stun...
...subsidized and coerced control and sterilization of women. The genocide document illustrates the abuse of birth control. Twenty-four per cent of Native women have been sterilized. Nineteen per cent are of child-bearing age. For every seven babies born, one Indian woman is sterilized." In 1973 Sen James Abourezk (D-S.D.) requested a General Accounting Office report on sterilization at Indian Health Service facilities. The GAO report (B-164031-5) monitored four IHS areas. The GAO report findings state, "Between 1973 and 1976, in four of 12 IHS areas, 3406 sterilizations were performed on Native women. Of these...
Frustrated, Abourezk shouted, "Why did the Vice President come up here to make these rulings? Why did that happen?" Implying that Carter had sent Mondale to end the filibuster, Abourezk declared, "I have been told... that all governments lie ... There is one thing I never thought would happen, and that is that Jimmy Carter would lie." Stung, Mondale told the Senate he knew nothing of the plans to shut off the filibuster until he arrived at the Senate that morning. He said there had been no White House deal, adding, "There is nothing more sacred...
With that, Byrd backed off. He promised to call up no more amendments for Mondale to knock down. In theory, the filibuster was still alive. But Abourezk and Metzenbaum, convinced that Carter had sold them out and had sent Mondale in to break up the talkathon, had lost heart...
...ultimately, no match for the pro-gas juggernaut. Even if the gas interests do not win complete deregulation in the end, they are confident they will get a good price for their product when the two chambers meet in conference to thrash out a final bill. Said James Abourezk, the South Dakota Democrat who launched the filibuster in hopes of thwarting the deregulators: "If you want to talk about lobbying, wait until the oil and gas boys zero in on the conference committee members...