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Critics charge that PACs have distorted the democratic process by making candidates beholden to narrow interests rather than to their constituents. "Dependency on PACs has grown so much that PACs, not constituents, are the focus of a Congressman's attention," says Common Cause President Fred Wertheimer, whose citizens' lobby is fighting to reform the system. Special interests, of course, should be able to fight for their own concerns, but the power of PACs has upset the delicate balance between private interests and the public good. Indeed, PAC victories-continued price supports for dairy farmers, the defeat...
...legislation before the Ways and Means Committee. While there is no indication that Rostenkowski did any favors for his hosts, the disclosures were the political equivalent of a tee shot out of bounds for the House Democratic leadership, which has been trying to portray the Reagan Administration as beholden to the country-club set. On two occasions, the Post reported, Rostenkowski's golfing companion was House Speaker Tip O'Neill. The amiable Rostenkowski, who is more comfortable with the ward politics of Chicago than the intricacies of tax legislation, was rarely in Washington the first few months...
...landslide in the January 1980 presidential election resulted largely from his strong identification with Khomeini. Having relied on Rajavi to escape from Iran and subsequently forming an alliance with the Mujahedin leader, Banisadr may have compromised his independence, though he rejects that view. "In a struggle everyone is beholden to the others," he told TIME Paris Bureau Chief Jordan Bonfante. "I am beholden to the Mujahedin. They are beholden to me. And all of us are beholden to the martyrs who have been executed. I was elected President by the people, and the people have not retracted their confidence. Thus...
...certain intimacy with the White House or some special link to the Oval Office. But that is not the case. O'Connor is as independent and self-contained as any court nominee of the past two decades. She may reflect the White House philosophy, but she is not beholden to it, not bound to any mission or personal power adventure. Her nomination may be certification of a fact that has been dawning: the court is truly a citadel on the Hill-a part of Government but removed from it, as powerful as ever but beyond the reach of partisanship...
...that time, the agreement also calls for the removal of some 5,000 Israeli settlers who have moved into agricultural communes near the Mediterranean and into tourist centers along the Red Sea coast on the southern tip of the Sinai. Two of the parties to which Begin would be beholden in a coalition are in favor of keeping the settlers there. If a government crisis developed over the issue, the Israeli withdrawal might be delayed, thereby causing problems for other elements of the Camp David accords...