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...does Congress treat the dairy support system like a sacred cow? The main reason is the strong dairy lobby: the Associated Milk Producers PAC was the tenth-largest campaign contributor to Congressmen in 1984. Yet, despite this clout, most dairy farmers realize that some reforms are inevitable. "We want to be less dependent on subsidies," says James Jarvis, a small dairy farmer in Wautoma, Wis. "But we can't be cut off cold turkey. We've got to be let down slow...
...Episcopalians and the United Church of Christ have each scheduled formal discussions this year on the site problem; in each case, however, the national staff and Eastern establishment probably have the clout to forestall any move. The newly merged Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will decide next year where to locate denominational headquarters, and some believe the majority will be against New York. Three Lutheran branches are also merging, and in September a committee will probably recommend a midwestern city for the new headquarters...
...Romanov might be the ideal age to please both the old guard and younger Politburo members. Yet Romanov, the secretary in charge of heavy industry and the military, has apparently not gained much in political clout or influence lately. Also, his Leningrad background is a handicap in the Moscow-centered world of Kremlin politics. Nonetheless he remains a major candidate in the eyes of many analysts, on the basis of having avoided appointment as the successor to Defense Minister Ustinov, a job that would probably have taken Romanov out of contention for party leadership...
Lobbyists and admissions officials say, 'however, that they are confident that most of the Reagan program, which would cut in half the $15 million Harvard students receive yearly, will not be adopted wholesale by Congress. However, Reagan is expected to have greater clout this year than he did in 1981-82 when his proposals to cut student aid were clobbered on the Hill...
Actually, Regan retains Cabinet status in the shift and gains a seat on the National Security Council as well. Baker keeps his right to sit in regularly with the NSC. But no matter how hard the President may be listening, Baker will lose some of his clout in the West Wing. Explains one aide familiar with the cliquishness of any Oval Office staff: "Once you're gone, you're gone...