Word: caucus
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...favors. She became a disciple of Speaker Tip O'Neill. "She has been a regular since the day she arrived," says O'Neill approvingly. The Speaker rewarded her with House plums, making her a member of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, Secretary to the House Democratic Caucus and, in 1983, a member of the powerful Budget Committee...
...rates. Yet she also opposed a bi-partisan package of tax increases in 1982, partly because it initially included the withholding of taxes on savings-account interest and stock dividends. She voted against many of Reagan's spending cuts in social programs. This year she supported a black caucus budget proposal calling for a $203 billion slash in military spending over three years coupled with a $99 billion hike in social spending. Although she explained that she considered the military cuts excessive, she supported the package because of her interest in restoring funds for programs helping the poor...
...meeting yesterday of the American Youth Caucus Reverend Tyrone Crider of the Jackson campaign proclaimed that party justice comes before party unity...
...worked to his disadvantage this year. One was the inclusion of 568 "superdelegates" chosen from among the party Establishment, most of whom favored early Front Runner Mondale. The other was a requirement in some places that a candidate collect at least 20% of the vote in a primary or caucus before winning any delegates...
...going to fight for it,' " says Eleanor Smeal, former president of the National Organization for Women. The case for a female running mate, supporters argue, is practical as well as ideological. Says Kathy Wilson, president of the National Women's Political Caucus: "Show me someone who could help beat Reagan more than a woman, and I'll drop this argument...