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Sauter, a leader of the Harvard-Radcliffe Conservative Club, described SPS as a bipartisan organization to educate the public on the arms race...
Some of this material, however, was presented by Haig and CIA Director William Casey in a classified briefing to a bipartisan group of 26 former security officials and advisers. Although these experts did not wholeheartedly endorse the Administration view that the Salvadoran guerrillas are actually controlled by Cuba and Nicaragua, they agreed that external forces were playing an important role in the Salvadoran struggle. Said Sol Linowitz, one of the negotiators of the Panama Canal Treaty: "We found it sobering and reason for concern. We found what we were shown to be credible and quite persuasive." Added Jimmy Carter...
When they first saw the budget, Congressmen of both parties let out a bipartisan howl. Then they quieted down to plot strategy and develop proposals of their own. By last week trial balloons containing alternative budget plans were floating above Capitol Hill. For President Reagan, the question had become when, not whether, he would join the budget bargaining. "If you want to present a comprehensive proposal," he told G.O.P. leaders, "then we'll be happy to talk...
...Democratic House, Jones' strategy is to propose his own budget, but not before April. Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois is trying to get "a better feel on the nuts and bolts" before approaching Speaker Tip O'Neill on a bipartisan package. As the budget hearings unfold, Michel may attempt to stage "test votes" to find out just where the members stand, both for his own benefit and that of Administration strategists. In the Senate, the Democrats have no game plan yet, but their leaders intend eventually to hammer out an alternative. "We want to save the country...
Howard Baker praised Hollings for making a "brave and courageous" speech and, by reacting favorably, signaled his willingness to strike a bipartisan compromise-and slash those deficits. But at the same time, Baker began urging his fellow Republicans to hold their fire against Reagan's budget. New Mexico's Pete Domenici, G.O.P. chairman of the Budget Committee, retreated from public view so thoroughly that Hollings joked to reporters: "He's hiding from you guys...