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...news last week was mostly bad for Reagan. The public tally reached 40 for the sale, 51 against, nine uncommitted. The biggest loss was Democratic Leader Robert C. Byrd of Virginia, who had insisted that AWACS was "not a partisan issue" and thus had led some in the White House to hope for his support. Byrd was so secretive that he had his staff draft two complete and contradictory speeches the night before. Then Wednesday morning, in his red speechifying vest, he spent one hour and four minutes saying no. Argued Byrd: "The primary focus of concern for the countries...
...SIZE IN ECONOMY MOVE. The merits of the controversy got covered with catsup. Scoffed Pennsylvania Republican Senator John Heinz, a scion of the catsup-making family: "This is one of the most ridiculous regulations I ever heard of." The final straw came when Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia, South Carolina's Ernest Hollings and Patrick Leahy of Vermont, were photographed staring with distaste at a skimpy sample school lunch. Said FRAC Head Nancy Amidei: "We didn't have to do anything-they handed us the issue on a platter...
...beginning of last week the impasse had hardened into one that only the President had a chance of breaking. To that end, Reagan invited five top Democratic congressional leaders to the White House for a Monday morning meeting. Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd suggested a "trigger" plan: 10% tax cuts would go into effect the second and third years only if inflation rates and deficits were declining...
Some of Roll Call is worthwhile. Cohen succeeds best when he describes the legislative bargaining from which we get our laws. In his entry for April 9, Cohen tells how the manueverings of Senate Majority leader Robert Byrd and Senator Dennis Deconcini defeated a prayer-in-school amendment proposed by Jesse Helms. The two democrats made Helms offer his amendment to court legislation that they knew would never pass the House of Representatives...
...made, the system faces a projected $46 million deficit. Convinced that no outsider could cope with Chicago politics, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, along with the five black members of the city's eleven-member school board, pressed for the appointment of Chicago's veteran deputy superintendent, Manford Byrd, 52. But the other board members felt Byrd is too closely associated with past mismanagement to rebuild the school sys tem. Last week Chicago picked Ruth B. Love, 48, superintendent of schools in Oakland, Calif, and a former director of the Right to Read program. Love will be the nation...