Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would be elected to succeed Tip O'Neill as Speaker, Wright met with network officials, who agreed that a live response would be more newsworthy than a pretaped show. Although it was the turn of House Democrats to give the response, Wright decided that inviting Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd to join him would show that Democrats in both chambers are determined to work in tandem now that they control all of Capitol Hill. Twice last month the two met in Byrd's ornate office to outline what they would say. Each leader drafted his own speech on yellow legal...
Wright made no mention of Iranscam. That was left to Byrd, who said that the dealings created a "gathering sense of mistrust," and added, "Bold actions can succeed, but they must be based on carefully considered and sound judgment." He left no doubt that the Democrats will hold Reagan's feet to the fire on Iranscam. But he also said, the "last two years of the Reagan presidency need not be a period of discord. A weakened President serves...
...when leaders of the 100th Congress called at the White House to discuss domestic policy. Reagan opened by pledging to veto as a "budget buster" a $20 billion clean-water bill that passed both houses of Congress by overwhelming margins. House Speaker Jim Wright and Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd told the President they thought they had the votes to override; on Friday, Reagan vetoed the bill anyway. Byrd pressed Reagan to call a kind of summit meeting with congressional leaders to discuss strategies for reducing the budget deficit. "I didn't get much of a response," Byrd reported...
...excess of U.S. imports over exports increased to more than $170 billion last year. Factories are closing, and the growth of the U.S. economy is being stunted. "The record of this Congress will be measured by how it deals with this issue," says Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd...
...passed in 1985, if Congress simply does nothing, the new pay scale will automatically take effect on Feb. 5, a month after it was presented to the legislature. But the Senate, for one, has opted for bluster and the appearance of self-sacrifice. This week Majority Leader Robert Byrd promises to put the raises to a vote. Byrd also hopes to impose stricter limits on honorariums that can boost Senators' incomes by more than $30,000 a year...