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Jonathan H. Spalter '84, said yesterday the purpose of the organization--the Youth Caucus of Americans for Democreatic Action (ADA)--is to provide outlets for progressive political student activism...
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...Committee and a physician from Scottsdale, Ariz., who knows O'Connor well, argued that the judge "is unqualified because she's proabortion. We're going to fight this one on the beaches." Also leading the charge from the right were Howard Phillips, head of the Conservative Caucus, and Richard Viguerie, publisher of Conservative Digest. Declared Viguerie: "We've been challenged. The White House has said we're a paper tiger. They've left us no choice but to fight...
...Budget Committee, telephoned Perkins in Kentucky to warn that the Republicans, as they had with the bipartisan budget resolution, might be able to sway enough conservative Democrats to pass their own budget plan. Democrats decided to reverse some of their cuts. Perkins called his committee Democrats into caucus and chose to restore $1.75 billion for such programs as school impact aid, student loans and Head Start preschool education centers. The committee offset that by eliminating $1.57 billion from other programs -$1 billion from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) job program, as the Administration had recommended...
...What do you think?" Rostenkowski asked a caucus of his Democratic colleagues on the Ways and Means Committee after giving a noncommittal presentation of the Administration's position. Richard Gephardt of Missouri spoke for the majority: "If that's the bottom line, then there are no further negotiations." The Democrats did not like the deficits inherent in a massive, multiyear cut, and were concerned that the middle class was not getting enough of a break. Rostenkowski did some polling. "How many for a three-year tax bill?" he asked. One member raised his hand. "How many...