Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opponents remain confident that Congress will refuse to renew the funding. "Even after six days of Ollie North, there is still no clear majority in favor of contra aid," said Michigan Congressman Dave Bonior, chief deputy Democratic whip. "I think we have an excellent chance of cutting off aid." Predictions of a complete cutoff were widespread last fall when it was first learned that the Administration had been circumventing congressional restrictions on support for the rebels. But lawmakers now admit that any new aid package must be considered apart from the scandal. "With North's testimony, there's obviously...
Democrats are particularly sensitive to North's complaint that Congress has been a fickle patron of the rebels. One compromise may be to approve continued economic aid for Central American democracies but with a lower amount of military aid than the President requests. Another would be to approve "phase- out" funds to pay for contra resettlement. "Nobody's talking about no money," said Democratic Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin, another opponent. "It is going to be difficult to shut off the contras...
...dinner story. He matter-of-factly told the panel of the day in February 1986 when North said he had found a way to fund the contras with profits from the arms sales to Iran. At the time the rebels were running out of the $27 million in humanitarian aid the U.S. had granted them in 1985. Poindexter saw the diversion scheme as a way of providing "bridge financing" for the contras while the Administration struggled to persuade Congress to approve a $100 million aid package. "I thought it was a neat idea too," Poindexter said, echoing North's description...
...resists putting price tags on programs: "I don't think you have to prepare a budget, for God's sake." But even Dukakis' showcase proposal -- a regional-development fund that he mentions in almost every speech -- would cost just $500 million a year, about what the U.S. spends on aid to Pakistan. As he talks eagerly about harnessing the "enormous capacity at the state and local level," Dukakis at times sounds like a man whose fondest ambition is to be Governor of the United States...
...claiming he did not tell the President, John Poindexter lifts some pressure off Ronald Reagan. But his testimony raises questions: Is it credible? Can policies succeed when responsibility stops short of the Oval Office? -- Oliver North' s pleas for the contras revive efforts to win more U. S. aid. -- An administrator who inspires creativity, Michael Dukakis seeks the presidency...