Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With so many lives in danger, an obvious first step was to adopt a policy of coolness and flexibility. Toward that end, the White House asked both Congressmen and presidential hopefuls to refrain from inflaming the situation. For the most part the candidates agreed. Early in the week, Republicans Ronald Reagan and John Connally criticized the Administration's handling of the affair, only to draw a rebuke from a third G.O.P. contender, Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee. After a briefing session for congressional leaders at the White House, Democratic Senator Scoop Jackson of Washington declared: "Restraint is the order...
...easy winner was William Green, one of the city's Congressmen for seven terms. Green's father ran the Democratic machine for years in a metropolis where registered Democrats now outnumber Republicans almost 4 to 1. Ted Kennedy campaigned for him, and Green spent five times as much money as his two opponents put together...
Ireland's Prime Minister Jack Lynch, meanwhile, arrived in Washington for talks with President Jimmy Carter, Congressmen and Irish-American leaders on the problems posed by the turmoil in Ulster, which indeed are beginning to show up in the U.S. Shortly before Lynch's visit began, FBI agents in Philadelphia arrested I.R.A. Bomber Michael O'Rourke in Philadelphia on charges of illegal immigration. O'Rourke, who blasted his way out of a Dublin jail in July 1976, may request asylum, but Irish authorities have moved to have him extradited...
...commission's findings were cause enough for some Congressmen to change their minds about a ban. Said Arizona Democrat Morris Udall: "I now lean to the conclusion that there should be a moratorium until the industry and regulators get their houses in order.'' A moratorium of sorts already exists. There have been no new orders for nuclear plants in 1979; utilities are reluctant to invest in them because of costly delays in obtaining licenses. Thus, as Hart points out, "the future of the industry is going to be determined as much on Wall Street as in Washington...
...addition to recruiting. SAC is raising funds and lobbying for legislation. At the university-wide fast SAC and Harvard Hunger Action plan for November 15, SAC members will distribute postcards for students to send to Congressmen urging immediate passage of Cambodian legislation...