Word: canalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...compromising with them, and in the face of the November elections, the Democrats seem more willing to make peace with their President. In his State of the Union message this week, Carter will outline his urgent goals for 1978: an energy bill, a tax cut, the passage of Panama Canal and SALT II treaties, and Middle East peace. If most of those goals are achieved, the President's standing in the polls will doubtless move up. Then, when the time for hard campaigning begins, his support would become a valuable asset to even the most independent members of the balky...
...next week will plunge back into their three-month-old brawl over energy policy, and they are still widely divided over oil taxes and Government regulation of natural gas prices. They hope to reach a compromise by March. That same month the Senate will begin debating the embattled Panama Canal treaty. Another major fight will begin, possibly this summer, after U.S. negotiators initial a SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union to set new limits on both countries' nuclear arsenals. By early spring, the Senate will have received legislation from the House for a tax cut in the neighborhood...
Byrd will take the lead in trying to forge a compromise on the Panama Canal treaty. Last week, in a move that significantly improved the treaty's chances, he vigorously supported it for the first time. He said that because of widespread opposition to the pact, Senators who vote for it would get "no political credit, no political mileage." But he described the treaty as "the best means of assuring continued access to the use of the canal." Byrd and Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker will insist that reservations be attached to the treaty, clarifying and firming up U.S. rights...
...energy and the Panama Canal, Carter attempted to prod Congress toward accepting his proposals...
...Carter's problem has been to assert his leadership when it counts. Having tried to do too much too fast, he has ended up accomplishing too little. He failed to concentrate on a few key issues such as energy and the Panama Canal treaty, and thus dissipated much of his influence. He did not build the necessary crucial bridges to Capitol Hill; nor did he have the experienced staff to help. He often seemed to bog down in detail and yet to slight the routine requirements of the job, such as sometimes twisting congressional arms. He has not demonstrated...