Word: congresses
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Jimmy Carter's 19% approval rating in the polls may be a record low for a President, but Congress is doing even worse...
...Congress took one pratfall last week for which it had only itself to blame. At issue was a 7% pay hike that would in crease Congressmen's salaries to $61,525 a year. The House first passed the mea sure, 156 to 64, using a parliamentary procedure that kept individual members' votes from being recorded, thus preventing constituents back home from learning which Congressmen supported the raise and which ones opposed it Later, pay-raise opponents forced a roll call, which required that a record be made of how each member voted. Asked Republican Representative Gerald Solomon...
...Congress has never been known for its remarkable speed. On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to create a Cabinet-level Department of Education--something Congressmen have been suggesting since...
...When Congress began reviewing proposals to create a separate Department of Education last year, Harvard and other private educational institutions worried that establishment of the new agency would lead to increased federal influence on policy decisions...
...Cuba illuminates the confused state of our foreign policy, which lacks the stability and consistency that command worldwide respect. President Carter has shown prudence in his caution over angering the Soviets by refusing to agree to the linkage of the two issues. But his poor national rating has allowed Congress a free hand in determining America's foreign policy...