Word: caucus
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Accepting an invitation from the newly-formed Harvard Women's Caucus (HWC) to join the march, the group took part in the city's celebration of International Women...
WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC caucus in Congress met just before Christmas to discuss the party line on the Gulf Crisis, 29 speakers argued against a congressional resolution authorizing force against Iraq. Only one, Rep. Stephen Solarz (N.Y.), defended the president's position...
...AWARE Week '91: Keynote Address"--Irene Natividad, executive director, Philippine American Foundation, and past president of the National Women's Political Caucus, Washington D.C. Introductory remarks will be delivered by President Derek C. Bok. Kennedy School, Institute of Politics, in the ARCO Forum...
...answer the Democrats. By a vote of 177 to 37, the House Democratic Caucus passed a nonbinding resolution stating that unless American lives are in immediate danger, the President may not initiate an offensive action in the Persian Gulf without first obtaining congressional approval. On the same day, in a packed Washington courtroom, Federal Judge Harold Greene heard oral arguments in Dellums v. Bush, a petition by 54 congressional Democrats seeking an injunction that would bar the President from taking offensive action against Iraq without the prior consent of Congress...
...wing's long-held suspicion that he is not an ideological soul mate. Gingrich led House Republicans in opposing the Bush-backed budget agreement with Democrats, a deal that was negotiated by Darman and Sununu and that left the Republican right seething. Complains Howard Phillips, chairman of the Conservative Caucus: "The Republican Party no longer articulates conservatives' concerns...