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...They counted our votes. But we have been ignored while they romanced every other voting bloc in the house." The caucus members were upset over a deal engineered by ERA lobbyists with another black representative, James C. Taylor. He agreed to back the amendment in return for being named co-sponsor of the bill, thereby improving his chances of being named assistant majority leader next year...
...Harvard Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF) and the Harvard Radcliffe Catholic Students' Center (HRCSC) will co-sponsor a "student-run" prayer meeting today to pray for the people of South Africa. The prayers will start at 12:10 p.m. on the steps of Memorial Church...
Byrd and Baker combined to draft amendments to the treaties containing exactly the language of the "clarification" -then deftly persuaded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to omit it so that a host of Senators could co-sponsor the amendments and thus claim credit for protecting U.S. interests in the Panama Canal Zone. By week's end, 78 Senators had signed on as cosponsors...
...Freshman Council voted overwhelmingly to co-sponsor an Office of Career Services and Off-Campus Learning (OCS-OCL) workshop on careers and concentrations last night at a meeting in Parlor B of the Freshman Union...
...unprecedented Judiciary Committee action may be the deciding factor. "The fact that the House chairman (Flaherty), regarded as a conservative, and the Senate chairman, considered a liberal, come out the same way will mean something," he says. Oteri believes the bill has a 50-50 chance, but it is co-sponsor Murphy who sounds the most pessimistic note of all. Asked for a candid assessment of the bill's chances, Murphy says, "I would love to say yes, it will pass this year, but my feeling is this is not the year for political reasons, rather than the issue...