Word: congression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nixon has never utilized the arm-twisting powers of his office to force Congress into action-not even when his ABM system seemed in danger of defeat. But last week he said that "if Congress fails to act, we will take appropriate executive action" to amend the draft. Trouble is, the most important section of the Nixon bill-that calling for random selection of draftees-is prohibited by the 1967 draft law. It would take congressional action to change this...
...symbol to the young of all that is wrong with the draft. For his part, Laird believes that a military man should not head Selective Service. Yet Hershey has some powerful friends on Capitol Hill, so Nixon is likely to wait at least until his bill passes through Congress, if it does, before easing the petulant Hershey into retirement...
...Congress is willing to spend from $8 billion to $10 , billion a year on space by the end of the 1970s, the U.S. can reach the red planet as early...
...Congress holds NASA's budget under the $6 billion-a-year peak reached in 1966 for the Apollo project, the Mars landing will not take place until after...
...Congress compromises on a maximum NASA budget of $7.65 billion by 1980, the Martian touchdown can be achieved...