Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Englanders are angriest of all, since their region is most dependent on imported oil and would be hardest hit by the Ford tariff. Last week the New England caucus released a letter challenging Ford's right to act under the 1962 trade act without public hearings. "No matter what the Congress does," says a New England lobbyist on Capitol Hill, "the tariff makes it Ford's program. He'll be blamed for the consequences. It'll be like Lyndon Johnson...
William ("Fishbait") Miller's energy, dedication to and sacrifices for the House of Representatives will long be remembered. I was his campaign manager in the House Democratic caucus when years ago he was first elected doorkeeper. I recall his enthusiasm and his constant and dedicated efforts in the discharge of his official duties, and his concern that the best interests of the House always be advanced...
...taking full advantage of his potential power. Senior and more conservative Democrats still have practical influence as chairmen of many committees. Yet the changes, coupled with an increasingly liberal Senate, suggest that Congress will sharply challenge President Ford's view of desirable legislation. Even without the caucus reforms, Congress has already overridden four Ford vetoes-only one less than throughout the 5% Nixon years...
...election chances in the first contest to offer a Republican challenge to his seat since he initially won it 36 years ago. Nonetheless, Mills gained re-election in November by a comfortable majority. Though his powers as chairman were due to be curbed by a reform-minded Democratic caucus in any case, it looked as if he could keep his chair if he was willing to fight for it. Then came his fatal foray into Boston, a trip that Mills undertook, he later told newsmen, to dispel rumors that he had been having an affair with Fanne Foxe. The trip...
...Chairman," Rostenkowski replied, "you've got a runaway caucus out there. You've embarrassed a lot of the members." As Rostenkowski explained that Mills' power was slipping from him, Mills drifted away, as though in a trance. "You know I'm a sick man," he finally said. "I've got terrible pain...