Word: bipartisanism
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...seven-man commission, composed of representatives of law firms, business and Government, was appointed in 1968 by President Johnson and continued by President Nixon. Because it has broad bipartisan support, the group's findings have drawn considerable attention in Washington. They may lead to Government safety controls to replace industry's self-regulation, which the commission sees as "legally unenforceable and patently inadequate." A sampling of the findings...
...Bipartisan Chorus. The President's step was not easy. His address was conceived in uncertainty, born out of compromise. The White House had announced last April that Nixon would soon talk to the nation about the economy. It delayed the speech after the President ordered U.S. troops into Cambodia, put it off again in the tumultuous weeks following his decision. Then the stock market plummeted, and a chorus of U.S. businessmen, economists and Congressmen from both sides of the aisle joined in urging the President to talk to the people about inflation...
...Bipartisan congressional support for an anti-Communist foreign policy after World War II accelerated the trend toward presidential war power. By the time Truman dispatched troops to Korea, Ohio's Senator Robert Taft was almost alone in complaining that the President, by his undeclared "police action," had "usurped authority in violation of the laws and the Constitution." All told, it has been calculated, U.S. Presidents have ordered troops into position or action without a formal congressional declaration a total of 149 times...
...that, Dr. Walter Heller, another member of TIME'S board, added a further factor. "Let's face it," he said. "There will be more inflation in our future than in our past because of our bipartisan commitment to high employment. Signs of economic weakness will get a faster Government response than in the past, and both business and consumers know it. This assurance will give an upward bias to wages and prices." In sum, businessmen and consumers will go on spending during a slide because they will take it for granted that the slump will be short-lived...
...failing to inform Congress of his plans, Richard Nixon gained recruits for the opposition, particularly in the Senate. By overreacting to the challenge from a bipartisan group of antiwar Senators, the White House magnified the contest of wills into both a constitutional question and a personal test of confidence in Nixon's leadership. The President has much to lose and almost nothing to gain...