Word: caucuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Democrats chafe bitterly under the stagnant leadership of Speaker John W. Mc-Cormack, 78. In a party caucus last week, Representative Jerome R. Waldie of California offered a resolution of no confidence in McCormack's stewardship. Waldie's thrust was laid aside by a vote of 192 to 23, but the appearance of overwhelming support for McCormack was misleading. Fully aware that Waldie had no chance of success, many reform-minded members held their fire, but hoped to fight with more success another...
Pilkington, who is a member of the Worker-Student Alliance caucus of SDS, received the most severe punishment because he participated in the SDS sit-in at University Hall Nov. 19 as well as both OBU takeovers...
...caucus assigned electoral votes to cities and towns according to the number of registered voters. Rules called for nominating the first candidate to capture two-thirds of the votes...
...Stevens. in his speech before the caucus, talked about ending the Vietnam War soon, increasing citizen participation in our political system, and establishing domestic self-help programs. In 1968 Stevens, as an Independent, got more votes than the Republican candidate who opposed Philbin. Stevens enjoyed the support of many college volunteers last year in his Congressional campaign...
...look forward to the emergence of a lesbian liberation voice. The existence of a lesbian caucus within the New York City Liberation Front has been very helpful in challenging male chauvinism among gay guys, and antigay feelings among women...