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...accompany his honeyed words to critics with substantive compromises on the policies that are arousing public worry. With Reagan's approval, White House Chief of Staff James Baker phoned House Speaker Tip O'Neill to propose that he open discussions on the budget with two of the chamber's Democratic powers, Budget Committee Chairman James Jones and Ways and Means Chairman Daniel Rostenkowski. Baker held separate preliminary talks with them late in the week. The move was urged by House Minority Leader Robert Michel, who implored the White House to show at least a willingness to listen...
When the Prime Minister had at last finished, the chamber fell silent with expectation. Asked Speaker Menachem Savidor: "Who is in favor?" And when Druckman quickly raised his hand, along with 57 other members of the Knesset, the 58-58 tie vote was inevitable. His bad leg propped on a hassock under the bench, Begin could not look behind him to see how Druckman had voted. His Deputy Prime Minister, Simcha Ehrlich, broke the news to him. Begin then turned in his seat, grimacing, to stare at Druckman for a moment. When Savidor announced the vote, Begin rose...
McNown is not a victim of termites or building-code violations. Rather, the Calaveras fault-a tributary of the mighty San Andreas fault three miles away-runs right under his house in Hollister, Calif, (pop. 11,430), 85 miles south of San Francisco. The local Chamber of Cornmerce likes to stress the area's lush walnut and apricot groves, burgeoning industrial base and commuting proximity to "Silicone Valley." But some Hollister boosters have a catchier slogan for their community: THE EARTHQUAKE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Indeed, the San Andreas fault, largest of the 32 active and inactive incisions...
Last week Marks, 55, who has a reputation as a responsible and intelligent member of the House, tried to shake that guilt. In a rambling but barbed half-hour address to a nearly empty chamber, he bitingly assailed Reaganomics. "Mr. Speaker," he said to Democrat Tip O'Neill, who listened with unusual attentiveness, "the time has come to stop this massacre. . . The time is now to call out to thinking women and men everywhere to raise their voices against this murderous mandate that is being carried...
Williams offered a maundering six-hour defense last week that stupefied even his defenders. Impatient to bring the painful proceedings to an end, some Senators slept in their chairs and others strolled about the chamber chatting...