Word: bipartisanism
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...mixed with continuing wariness at the White House last week when the Administration moved a major step forward in its uphill battle to sell $4.8 billion worth of U.S. jet fighters to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. In an 8-to-8 tie vote, following days of intensive and bipartisan lobbying, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee declined to reject the three-part arms deal. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell declared Carter to be "extremely gratified" with the result...
Members of Congress, as well as President Carter, see the committee as one step in the fight to simplify and reorganize government. Wellington said, adding that certain congressmen have formed a bipartisan Congressional Paperwork Reduction Group which plans cooperate with the committee...
DIED. Wesley Bolin, 68, a first-term Arizona Governor who had served as secretary of state for 29 years; of a heart attack; in Phoenix. A conservative Democrat, Bolin established a bipartisan administration by appointing Republicans to office. He will be replaced by state Attorney General Bruce Babbitt, who has mounted a tough law-enforcement campaign against Arizona gangsters...
Meanwhile, the Conservatives have made another move toward winning votes from Labor: they have backed away from bipartisan support of the concept of power sharing between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. The Tories have also raised the possibility of changing laws that give instant voting rights to Irish immigrants. Labor M.P.s from industrialized areas admitted that the anti-Irish swipes would go down well in the British Midlands. "Margaret is desperate," protested a Labor Cabinet Minister. "She wants to be Prime Minister -by any means...
...have forged a uniquely bipartisan partnership over the years as the committee, under his inspired leadership, has developed bills to better the lot of millions of American working men and women. In every case, Senator Williams has been the principal sponsor...