Word: brodhead
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Former Michigan Congressman William Brodhead, who complained about lobbyists during his days as a legislator, seems to have reversed his views: he represents the city of Detroit and the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company in Washington. Brodhead contends that his experience in the House provides him with "access" but no other advantage. "You're getting in the door," he says. "You're not necessarily getting what the clients want...
Other, more grandiose job plans seem unlikely to get off the launching pad. Democratic leaders spoke of pushing a second public works program, costing $5 billion, but it will probably not get serious consideration this year. "It's all show," scoffs Michigan's Democratic Congressman William Brodhead. "The Senate will never pass it, and the President will never sign it." Still, Senate leadership aides do not rule out some extra funding of sewer and water-system projects...
...trends interlock-the most expensive campaigns not infrequently are also the most scurrilous-and there is little in sight to stop either trend. Laments William Brodhead, a Michigan Democrat who decided to retire from the House rather than try to finance a re-election race: "It's sort of like the arms race. Every time one side ups the bid, the other side counterbids. It's out of control...
...something in return other than good government." Democratic Congressman Thomas Downey of New York is more blunt: "You can't buy a Congressman for $5,000. But you can buy his vote. It's done on a regular basis." This is one reason why Michigan Democrat William Brodhead decided to quit Congress this year. Says he: "I got sick of feeling indebted to PACs. There is no reason they give money except in the expectation of votes...
...Oklahoma. "But these are unusual times." Besides offering more tax deductions to small businesses, the Democrats are trying to improve on the Administration's $2,500 tax credit for independent oil producers and royalty owners; this could influence as many as 30 Southern Congress men. Says Democrat William Brodhead of Michigan: "It's like the arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. For every move, there's a countermove; for every weapon, a counterweapon...