Word: againsts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many of the initial reactions to Kennedy's campaign maneuvers had made it sound as though the nomination were his for the asking (House Speaker Tip O'Neill virtually said as much). But Carter made it clear last week that he would not be steamrollered out of the...
On the very week of the Carter race, a team of Stanford doctors released a study of 18 joggers who died during or just after exercise. The doctors concluded that superior fitness and extensive training do not guarantee protection against such deaths.
Not surprisingly, House hawks figured that Carter's promise also extended to their efforts to boost the military budget. They therefore asked the Defense Department for help in lobbying for the increase, and were angered when the military refused, on orders from the White House. Carter advisers explained that...
But the leaders had not found it. Complaining that they had been doublecrossed by the Administration, the hawks voted against the bill, contributing to its defeat, 213 to 192. This week House Speaker Tip O'Neill and fellow Democratic leaders will try to find a compromise; now that the...
In a pointless display of pique, the House voted, 215 to 200, against raising the ceiling on the national debt by nearly $100 billion, to $929 billion. The rejection underscored the anger of many Congressmen over the Administration's bud get and economic policies. But the defeat was more...