Word: bipartisanism
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...sustained standing ovation that greeted the President was bipartisan. The lawmakers demonstrated their affection for a likable man, who had borne up under the shooting ordeal with courage, humor and no hint of self-pity. Sensitive to the situation, Reagan, with a thespian's finesse, did not overplay his role. His voice faltered only slightly as he expressed his and Nancy's thanks for "your messages, your flowers, and most of all, your prayers-not only for me but for those others who fell beside me." That public outpouring of "friendship and, yes, love" was, he said...
Reagan called on the Senate to support the economic plan reported out of his budget committee yesterday, but warned the House to reject the proposal of its budget committee and instead support a bipartisan package closer to his own proposal...
Despite such concerns, Reagan easily quelled a potential bipartisan congressional rebellion against his budget plans before it ever really got started. When the President journeyed to Capitol Hill for a meeting with Republican congressional leaders on Tuesday, he had to contend with two bits of bad news. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office had just predicted that federal spending might soar as much as $25 billion above Reagan's forecast for the next fiscal year, and that the deficit might consequently balloon to a record $70 billion, vs. $45 billion projected by the White House. Reason: the CBO doubted that...
...York Governor and Democratic Presidential Nominee Al Smith. The remedy is worse than the disease, replies former North Carolina Governor and now Duke University President Terry Sanford. Fearing that runaway democracy has made a shambles of the presidential selection process, Sanford last week announced the formation of a new bipartisan committee to promote changes in party rules in advance of the next election campaign. "You can't run this nation like a town meeting," said Sanford. "We should make the system less democratic and less chaotic. We must involve the political leadership more. We must strengthen the political parties...
...headquarters in New York last week to put what they hoped would be finishing touches on the agreement, the Reagan Administration abruptly announced that it wanted to review the treaty. Then the White House, with no warning, fired acting Chief Negotiator George Aldrich, along with eight members of the bipartisan U.S. delegation...