Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Secretary. Then the New York Times broke the silence with an editorial praising Carter and urging Kissinger to back down. Columnist Carl T. Rowan followed with a blast blaming Carter's punishment on Kissinger's "monumental ego" and "tough-guy complex." Members of the congressional Black Caucus requested a meeting with the Secretary...
...impression that they can force a negotiation with the United States and an acquiescence in their demands, then we may save lives in one place at the risk of hundreds of lives everywhere else." But to calm the controversy, he later assured leaders of the congressional Black Caucus that nothing would be done to impede Carter's career. Nonetheless, Carter's future in the Foreign Service is not bright (Kissinger also complained of his "engaging in an independent publicity campaign"). Now representing the U.S. at a United Nations conference on human rights in Geneva, Carter is scheduled...
...LODF is a radical offshoot of the National Caucus of Labor Committees. Gregory's speech was part of a fundraising drive for the Defense Fund...
Anyway, Gregory has now switched to the CIA and is speaking for the benefit of something called the Labor Defense Fund, which a little research by your correspondent has revealed to be an offshoot of the National Caucus of Labor Committees, the craziest of all leftist groups in the area...
...found that party unity on three of the attempts to override presidential vetoes was the feeblest in 20 years. In an unprecedented move, about 30 first-termers met recently with Albert and demanded that he exercise more control over Democratic votes on key issues, perhaps through the House Democratic Caucus. That body happens to be headed by Phillip Burton, a liberal from California and leader of the reform movement who is a possible candidate to succeed Albert if he should step down as Speaker...