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...horrific implications in the remark. Then the reaction from the U.S. hit the fan. William H. Gray III of Pennsylvania, black chairman of the House Budget Committee, angrily withdrew a dinner invitation to Japanese Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga. Representative Mickey Leland of Texas led the 21-member Congressional Black Caucus in calling on President Reagan to demand an apology. Esteban Torres of California and his 14-member Hispanic Caucus were equally furious...
Congressional reaction was immediate -- and strong. While some Republicans supported the President's action, most Democrats were outraged. Even before the White House announcement, Representative Mickey Leland of Texas, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told a rally that Reagan had been waiting "like a thief in the night to veto legislation that clearly has the support of the American people." California Congressman Norman Mineta maintained that neither Congress nor the public would tolerate "this indecent act." Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts declared, "It is sad that the President persists in locking himself into a failed and lonely policy that...
...Mickey Leland, D-Texas, chairman of the congressional Black caucus, told the rally: "President Reagan is waiting until the last minute like a thief in the night to veto legislation that clearly has the support of the American people...
...have almost ceased to notice it. "I think the (gender) issue has been neutralized," says University of Nebraska Political Scientist Robert Sittig. "The Nebraska candidates had established themselves long before this election. I think people see them as career politicians." Irene Natividad, head of the National Women's Political Caucus, agrees: "There are more women in the political pipeline than there used to be." Although the number of women candidates for Congress is actually down this year from 1984, more women are running for state offices. The proportion of women in state legislatures has more than tripled since...
...conference frequently proceeded in the manner of a labor negotiation. The delegates from each chamber would caucus separately and come back with a new offer to be presented to the other side. The House gave in early to the Senate's two tax rates. That left the biggest question: How large should the increase in business taxes be? After a supposedly climactic session last Tuesday turned into a shouting match, the weary conferees agreed to let Packwood and Rostenkowski try to break the impasse. The two met on and off--at times with a few aides, at times alone--well...