Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President's victory was costly, incomplete and less convincing than he had originally hoped, but it successfully cleared the way for a more decisive verdict by the whole Senate, possibly on Monday. There, too, Carter was outwardly confident that he could win. So was Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. Said he late last week: "As of now the votes are there...
...getting some danger signals," Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd told President Carter. House Speaker Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill had a similar feeling. On behalf of their Capitol constituencies, both men advised the President last week of widespread congressional opposition to Carter's proposal to sell U.S.-made jet fighters to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. No one objected to the sale of 15 F-15s and 75 F-16s to Israel and few were worried about Egypt's purchase of 50 less sophisticated F-5Es. But a number of Senators and Congressmen, many of them under pressure...
Mindful of that sentiment, both Byrd and O'Neill urged Carter to delay presenting the package to Congress. The President at first seemed adamant. At his midweek press conference he warned that if Congress rejected part of the package, then "my intent is to withdraw the sales proposal altogether." His reasoning, as Press Secretary Jody Powell explained later, was that if commitments to both sides were not honored, U.S. standing in the Middle East would be damaged...
...Lewis' Florida hideaway, near Kendale Lakes. There the ambassador and other Torrijos aides explained the minimum conditions they would require of the Senate for acceptance of the treaties. The role of Rogers meshed with the needs of the prime treaty strategists in the Senate, including Democratic Leader Robert Byrd, Republican Leader Howard Baker, Democratic Whip Alan Cranston and the treaty floor manager, Frank Church, who wanted firsthand information on Panamanian feelings...
...corridor in the Capitol. Lewis arrived with an aide and a quip: "I go to Church on Sunday, like every good Christian." But in a two-hour showdown, the talk turned serious as the ambassador, Rogers and the Senators struggled to compose a reservation acceptable to all parties. Byrd crouched on his knees, honing a draft over a coffee table. Lewis chomped on ice cubes...