Word: byrds
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...Democrat Sam Hall of Texas. "There's a real need to clarify our policy and to explain exactly what the Administration's goals are," said Pennsylvania's Joe McDade, a key Republican on the Appropriations Committee. "A nation cannot wear two hats," said Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, "one being that of a peace-keeping force and the other being that of taking sides with one of the warring factions...
Last week, in the two-year story of Commander Richard Byrd in Antarctica, came his successful flight to inspect some 10,000 square miles of Antarctica in a Fairchild monoplane with Pilot Bernt Balchen. They saw some mountain peaks no one had seen before and decided to name them for John D. Rockefeller Jr., one of the heavy contributors to the expedition's fund...
...impasse that could well have required intervention by the Supreme Court. The prospect of such a stalemate, at a time when U.S. Marines were under fire in Lebanon, was undoubtedly a factor in leading to an agreement, although a number of lawmakers, including Senate Democratic Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, remained unhappy about...
...could always be extended. The document states that the role of the military mission would be subject to the limitations of the multinational force, but it also says that the mission can engage in "such protective measures" as are necessary to ensure its safety. That escape clause, as Senator Byrd pointed out, is wide enough "to run Amtrak through...
Congress evidently lost the power to order the troops out earlier by "concurrent resolution" when the Supreme Court last June declared that such "legislative vetoes" were unconstitutional. Last week, when Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia introduced compromise legislation regarding the Marine deployment, it was in the form of a "joint resolution," meaning that it requires the President's signature to become law. Apparently unaffected by the court's ruling, however, is the requirement that the troops be withdrawn if Congress fails to approve their mission within 60 (or 90) days. Congressional leaders are determined...