Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...march had very little active support from Washington officialdom. Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.), Sen, George S. McGovern (D-S. D.), and Sen Charles E. Goodell (R-N. Y.) were the only Congressmen to speak at the rally...
...question of what to do about this dangerous situation was obvious from the response of Congressmen to Washington march- ignore it. When you are playing hot potato you have to take the ball for a while and then pass it off, but politics gives you the option of simply using a cold turkey, so you don't get burned...
...Viet Nam than they had in June. That was when he declared that he hoped to beat a timetable proposed by ex-Defense Secretary Clark Clifford, who called for withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops by the end of next year. Privately, Nixon told a group of Republican Congressmen last week that nearly all U.S. troops will probably be out of combat before the November 1970 elections. Whether or not he can bring about that result, the President made one unassailable observation on television about his "plan for peace." "If it does succeed, what the critics...
...unprecedented move, President Nixon this afternoon visited the House of Representatives and the Senate to thank Congressmen for their support of his efforts...
...differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. Still, ultimate passage of some kind of relief and reform bill is certain. Although it believes the Senate version will result in less short-term revenue loss, the Treasury Department has placed its imprimatur on both bills. Few Congressmen or Senators will be able to face their constituents in next year's elections unless they can show that they tried to lighten the taxpayer's load...