Word: congressmen
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...change, reservations about the war that worried Congressmen but the fact that President John son's proposal to raise an extra $6 billion in taxes contained no proposals to cut back on domestic spending. As a result, the measure ran into unexpectedly stiff opposition...
Several other congressmen on the Committee said recently that the overhaul of the loan system is based on "budgetary considerations." They said that by having the government insure loans instead of handling the money directly, the full amount will not have to be listed in the budget...
There are Congressmen, he said, who suspect that the President is cutting out the NDEA loans simply to help reduce the budget deficit...
...notion of greater cooperation with the President also bothers many Congressmen, who feel that the legislative branch has already lost too much power to the executive. "I can't imagine a better argument against the proposal than that," retorted Virginia Republican Richard Poff, a onetime supporter of the amendment. "I think it is the function of the legislative branch to defy, when necessary, the executive, to resist soli darity with...
Apparently not even 25 years as Director of the Selective Service have thought General Hershey the limits of his power. Despite continuing criticism--from Congressmen and civil servants, as well as students--the General has reiterated his determination to allow local boards to use the draft as a punitive measure. Testifying before a House Education subcommittee last week, he claimed that a Michigan board was justified in reclassifying as 1-A a group of young men who staged a sit-in at the board's office; and he asserted that other boards should similarly induct people who "deliberately impede...