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There were a few dissenters among the congressional fact finders. "Not a single American child nor single American national was in any way placed in danger or placed in a hostage situation prior to the invasion," insisted Ohio Democrat Louis Stokes. The Congressional Black Caucus denounced the intervention. Seven other Democratic Congressmen, led by Ted Weiss of New York, introduced a quixotic resolution to impeach Reagan for sending in the troops, which would, of course, go exactly nowhere. Just outside the White House on Saturday, a youngish crowd of at least 20,000 gathered to demonstrate their displeasure with...
Such an image probably stems from Wilson's prominent role on the Faculty's disciplinary process in the turbulent period of the late '60s and early '70s, as well as his participation in the so called "Conservative Caucus" of professors
...Reagan's staunchest supporters on the importance of keeping troops in Lebanon has been Speaker O'Neill. In a private caucus of House Democrats Wednesday, Samuel Stratton of New York, generally a hawk, and Clarence Long of Maryland, generally a dove, proposed a joint resolution to cut off funding for the Marines in Lebanon. O'Neill rose at the end of the meeting to make a grandiloquent and emotional appeal. "This is not the time," he cried, "to cut and run." He urged the party to put "patriotism above partisanship" and said he supported Reagan "because...
...however. Instead, the dismissals intensified a political storm in which not only the commission's membership but its continued existence is in question. Berry and Ramirez sued in federal court for an injunction forbidding their removal. The Judiciary Committee postponed its meeting, but the 45-member Senate Democratic Caucus formally denounced the firings. More than 30 Senators and 19 Representatives lined up to sponsor a dramatic bipartisan resolution to convert the commission into a body whose members would be appointed by legislative leaders rather than by the President...
...season of straw polls will wind down in Florida this weekend. The gearing up for the primary and caucus season is well under way. There is a strong likelihood that the nominee of the Democratic Party will be selected during the first quarter...