Word: boren
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...David Boren said a newly written committee report has not yet determined "the ultimate resting place of this money." The report was released late yesterday...
...Boren said the report includes "no direct evidence that would state" that President Reagan knew of the diversion or "that he directed the diversion of funds" to the Contras...
...most of the Executive Branch. The arms transfers were so secret that some top Administration officials are still hearing significant details for the first time; Donald Regan learned only last week about an Israeli arms shipment to Iran in November 1985 that the U.S. had condoned. Oklahoma Democrat David Boren, who will take over chairmanship of the Senate Intelligence Committee when the next Congress convenes in January, pledges a "careful and thorough study of the NSC" aimed at returning it to its original role as a body that coordinates advice reaching the President. Some Administration officials think that Reagan will...
...proposal was co-sponsored by Arizona Republican Barry Goldwater and Oklahoma Democrat David Boren, one of three Senators who accept no PAC funds (the others: Democrats William Proxmire of Wisconsin and John Kerry of Massachusetts). It limits House aspirants to a total of $100,000 in PAC money for each election cycle. Senate candidates could accept from $175,000 to $725,000, depending on the size of their state, and all candidates could take an additional $25,000 if involved in a primary campaign. A PAC could give no more than $3,000 to a candidacy, vs. the current...
...called independent expenditures, which aid candidates but are not controlled by them. The measure's real opposition, however, is not Boschwitz but the calendar. Many members, even those who voted for the proposal, privately hope it will lapse. The House has shown no sign of acting. But as Boren said optimistically after the vote, "At least we've now got this on the national agenda...