Word: aspin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Speaker Tip O'Neill predicts that his restive Congress is going to raise the defense budget even over the $11 billion increase (total $125.8 billion) proposed by Jimmy Carter. The eloquent and insistent voices for disarmament from Iowa's Senator John Culver and Wisconsin's Les Aspin have been subtly toned down lately as the facts of the Soviet buildup have hardened...
...elected to the House were Democrats Les Aspin of Wisconsin, Ronald Dellums of California, Elizabeth Holtzman and Charles Rangel of New York and Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, along with Republicans Jack Kemp of New York, Tom Railsback of Illinois and William Steiger of Wisconsin. Minnesota Democrat Martin Sabo was elected to the House...
...demanded a roll-call vote on this proposal, and to the dismay of congressional leaders the measure carried by a solid 245 to 153. "There's an election coming up," explained Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin. "People are trying to cut spending and there's been a lot of bad publicity about that building...
...Aspin, Congressman from Wisconsin: "The CIA can't be the only arbiter of what is or isn't classified. There ought to be somebody you can appeal to -an arbitrator set up by an act of Congress...
...might be Brown's most remarkable achievement so far. His confidence that America can maintain deterrence and the military balance without crash programs has quieted all but the most hawkish voices in Congress. His performance has won praise from both ends of the political spectrum. Says liberal Democrat Les Aspin of Wisconsin: "Brown seems to be doing all the right things." Says conservative Republican Barry Goldwater of Arizona: "He is doing much, much better than many of us expected...