Word: bipartisanism
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...Republican Senator from New Jersey from 1944 to 1959, a scholarly Princetonian ('01) who studied political science under Woodrow Wilson, carved a notable career as a lawyer, Princeton lecturer on international relations and Government consultant, then, at 64, won election to the Senate, where he staunchly advocated a bipartisan foreign policy, and later became one of the most powerful senatorial voices in support of Nationalist China; of a stroke; in Princeton...
...Treasury Department for months, pleading with them to tap a source of revenue he estimates at $110 million yearly. The stalling, suggested Schmidhauser in a House speech, comes from senior bureaucrats' "unwillingness to step on powerful toes." Republican Glenn Cunningham of Nebraska made it a bipartisan fight. "This is no matter on which reasonable men can differ," said he. "It is now time for action...
...future date, and may devote his considerable power as minority leader to his crusade. Dirksen's concern is needed for more important legislation. With President Johnson's once-formidable legislative phalanx fragmenting, the Administration needs Republican help badly in Congress. Dirksen has the ability to deliver the kind of bipartisan support that Johnson himself gave President Eisenhower, or to with-hold it -- as he did over the new civil rights bill. With vital legislation teetering between passage and defeat, Dirksen could tip the vote against bills in order to drum up bargaining power for his prayer amendment...
...Chided, in bipartisan debate, Richard Helms, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, for writing a letter to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat applauding its editorial criticism of Fulbright's stand in last month's Senate hassle over the CIA. Helms promptly apologized to Fulbright by telephone and, as a peace offering, made a personal appearance before Fulbright's committee...
...Minnie Lee Patillo Taylor; Texas-shaped cookie cutters from Mrs. Jake Pickle, wife of the Congressman who holds L.B.J.'s old seat; from Mrs. Orville Freeman, a jeweled Pakistani nose ring, symbolizing female submission to her mate (who, vows the bride, will never become "Mister Luci Johnson"). The bipartisan House leadership took up a collection for a congressional gift, but Iowa Republican H. R. Gross grouched that he was not going to contribute $5 for an "heiress" he did not know, and Luci gracefully requested that the idea be dropped. Other well-wishers sent the bride enough frilly garters...