Word: bayh
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What compromised Carswell's chances most, though, was a parliamentary gimmick thought up last week by his Senate opponents. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, a Democrat who led the fight against Clement Haynsworth, introduced a motion to send the Carswell nomination back to the Judiciary Committee-ostensibly for further hearings. For practical purposes, however, sending a nominee's name back to committee is a shelving device that permits the nomination to die quietly...
Though the negative testimony mounted, the opposition, led by Indiana Democrat Birch Bayh, was not nearly as aggressive as during the Haynsworth hearings. Further, Carswell has had none of the financial entanglements that made Haynsworth a target...