Word: clout
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dozen or more sects, the Druze are said to be the fourth largest, with a membership of 250,000 (there are roughly 260,000 in Syria, as well as some 40,000 in Israel). Yet the Druze's solidarity and fierce sense of loyalty have given them clout disproportionate to their numbers. Ever since 1975 the leader of the Druze has served as the head of the Lebanese left...
...Clout...
...already splintered "Right to Life" movement. But just Thursday the House of Representatives again approved the controversial Hyde Amendment to the budget resolution--a measure forbidding the use of Medicaid funds to pay for abortions that has been in effect for seven consecutive years. Obviously, the movement still has clout...
Because seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed every decade to reflect population shifts, the political consequences should be significant. New York might lose eight or more of its House seats, and Pennsylvania and Ohio several apiece. Conversely, the Sunbelt's numerical clout on Capitol Hill will surely swell. California might be assigned an additional four seats in Congress, Texas seven more, and Florida's delegation could expand from...
Reagan and company supported the proposal. The coalition strongly opposed it, and by week's end had shown so much clout that the House of Representatives was forced first to delay a vote on the increase and then to tie strings to it by adopting an amendment put forward by Banking Committee Chairman Fernand St Germain. The hastily drafted measure would tighten control over the release of funds to the IMF and discourage banks from making excessive overseas loans. The provisions should improve prospects for the increase when the House takes final action, perhaps as early as this week...