Word: binghams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would add the word energy to the title of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, but give it little extra authority -thereby creating an energy committee that would not have much to do with energy. Udall joined forces with Dingell and they got New York's Jonathan Bingham to sponsor the plan...
...late. Dingell and Udall had zealously enlisted the support of leading Congressmen for the toothless Bingham substitute. One argument with powerful appeal to other committee chairmen: if the House can take away our powers today, it can take away yours tomorrow. When the measure came to the House floor last week, New Hampshire Republican James Cleveland decried the arrangements worked out by the old-line chairmen: "They sound to me as if they were agreements between feudal baronies drawn up away from the public eye ... Who are the parties to these treaties? What fiefdoms are they floating around...
Explanations for the emergence of Bobby "Kong" Kelley? "That's no new-found power," the second baseman says, "That's a short centerfield fence." And, insiders concede, Kelley will not soon be trading his leadoff spot for Mark Bingham's cleanup position. But this is a much-improved Kelley...
Once they get here, chances are the rest of the league won't like what they find. Firstbaseman Mark Bingham (a .403 hitter last year with 36 runs batted in, second-sacker Bobby Kelley (.284 and riding a 20-game hitting streak) led a potent attack which pounded out a .282 team batting average last season and yardling sensation Brad Bauer anchor a steady infield which ranks with Navy's as the best in the league, defensively as well as with...
...opener, the Crimson turned six fifth-inning walks into seven runs to lead Carson over the Lions. Behind 3-0 after four innings, Columbia twirler Mike Allen dealt three passes to Bingham and Farrell to open the fifth, and departed in favor of freshman Robert Flock. The reliever faced six batters, walking four, hitting one and allowing Joe Wark to loft a sacrifice fly to drive in another run, before taking leave down...