Word: bayh
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WITH SIX of its eleven original sponsors in the Senate Judiciary Committee, S.1 stands a fairly good chance of being reported out of committee with just a few amendments. Some senators, like Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) an original sponsor who has withdrawn support for the bill in its current form, say that with a few amendments the bill could be a good one. But it is probably closer to the truth to estimate, as does the American Civil Liberties Union, that only after about 2600 amendments would S.1 be palatable. Once the bill hits the Senate floor, the tedious legal...
...Marvella's urging, Bayh ran for the state house of representatives and won. While serving, he earned a law degree from Indiana University. At 30 he became speaker of the house. In 1962. at age 34, he challenged Republican Senator Homer Capehart. The incumbent was not expected to have much trouble defeating Bayh, whose name many people did not even know how to pronounce (it is buy). He soon set them straight with a radio and TV jingle: "Hey look him over/ He's your kind of guy./ His first name is Birch/ His last name is Bayh...
...economics, he has followed the standard liberal Democratic policies of pump priming and full employment. He has recently introduced a bill calling for a breakup of big oil companies (see ECONOMY AND BUSINESS). Bayh favors some kind of federal aid for New York City. "If you let New York go down the drain," he said in a speech in Ohio, "it's going to be tough on Youngstown! It's going to be tough on Terre Haute! It's going to be tough on Peoria...
...Bayh's legislative skills were demonstrated by his work as chairman of the Constitutional Amendments subcommittee. He was principal author of the 25th Amendment, which provides for an orderly succession if the President is disabled or removed; Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller took office under its provisions. Bayh participated in drafting the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18. He was prominent in drawing up the 27th Equal Rights Amendment, which bars inequality of treatment on the basis of sex. The amendment has been ratified by 34 of the required 38 states...
...sought support for a breakup bill and succeeded in rounding up only two cosponsors. More attempts to dismember the oil giants will be made, and the frontal assault on them could turn into a major issue for the Democrats in next year's presidential campaign. Indiana Senator Birch Bayh last week became the ninth Democrat to announce his candidacy, and he made a proposal to break up the oil companies a prominent plank in his platform. He has already held hearings on his own bill to dismember the majors...