Word: congressed
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Among the minuses, in addition to Congress's deplorable ax job on the foreign aid program...
...hike came very late, in view of the economy's inflationary fever. Moreover, Congress abdicated its purse string power by insisting that the Administration cut $6 billion from expenditures. This may be a more important shift in congressional philosophy than the end of the long-standing alliance between Republicans and Southern conservatives, achieved by the new G.O.P. leadership's policy of offering alternatives, rather than merely saying...
Final Throes. As adjournment approached, the weary Congress still faced the possibility that the President might try to push through the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and offer a new nominee for Chief Justice of the U.S. in place of scorned Abe Fortas. Johnson decided against submitting another nomination, but insisted that Congress act on the nuclear treaty before adjournment. The Senate, as it has frequently done during the session, ignored the President and pushed for adjournment. The House, however, was prevented from following suit by a group of liberal Democrats who hoped to keep both chambers in session until...
Whether they want it or not, university leaders were this month handed a powerful new club against unruly protest by Congress. It passed an amendment to the Higher Education Act that would cut off all forms of federal aid to any student who has "contributed to substantial disruption" of a college. The threat hangs over the head of any student who has a federal loan, educational opportunity grant, loan insurance, fellowship or subsidized part-time job. Nearly one-fifth of all college students fall into one or another of those categories...
This amendment is considered the more lenient of two "anti-riot" amendments approved by the Congress this fall, since it leaves university administrators--not government officials--with most of the power to decide who will lose federal...