Word: caucuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chaitkin, the candidate of the National Caucus of Labor Committees, said that the Nixon welfare program forces people to work at "scab wages...
...past, Nixon has not strongly supported such legislation, calling it a matter for state control. The Stennis shooting has revived the issue, however. The Senate Democratic caucus urged "utmost dispatch" on measures to "inhibit the criminal and his access to deadly weapons." Illinois Democratic Senator Adlai Stevenson introduced a bill requiring federal licensing of all handguns. "What happened to Senator Stennis and Governor Wallace and Senator Robert Kennedy could happen to any citizen, and frequently does," he argued. A similar bill was to be introduced in the House by Democrats Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois and Jonathan Bingham of New York...
...Neill effectively used the caucus and committee meetings to push through Democratic legislation and to solidify the strongly independent Democratics in the State Legislature. "Democrats were vigorously independent in those days," recalls State Rep. Michael Feeney. "Tip brought them together and held intact a small House majority. To put it mildly, he encouraged Democrats to get involved in committee work. He strongly believed in frequently holding caucuses where Democrats would debate their positions, rather than on the floor of the House...
...last 20 years, O'Neill has used similar tactics Capitol Hill, although he has yet to reach the success realized during his final years in the Massachusetts legislature. He firmly believes in allowing House members to air their differences behind caucus doors, to reach a compromise, and to go to the floor with a solid block of Democratic votes...
...Caucus has also demanded earlier contact with patients, pass-incomplete grading, new provisions for clinical training and representation on Medical School committees...