Word: congressmen
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Wright began calling several dozen Democratic Congressmen to enlist their support. He said later, "A lot of them wanted the lifting of the embargo to pass, but they didn't want to vote for it." With an election only three months away, most Congressmen preferred not to antagonize the influential Greek lobby. But by the time the issue hit the House floor, Wright had a list of 16 Democrats whom he could call on if necessary to back the President...
...with such conditions. Voting the restrictions, therefore, could force the U.S. to quit the organizations. Heartened by its victory on this issue, the Administration is more optimistic about the prospects for the rest of the foreign aid program. But it faces a major test later this month when key Congressmen are expected to propose slashing more than half a billion dollars from the White House's requests...
...other Congressmen are suspected of having received money from former South Korea Ambassador Kim Dong Jo. But the Seoul government adamantly refuses to make him available for questioning by congressional investigators, even though the House has threatened to retaliate by withholding $56 million in foreign aid. "There is nothing more we can do," Jaworski said last week. "It has been decided at a very high level that under no circumstances will [Kim] talk. And so we're completely out of soap...
...Washington for a while longer, just to be sure that "nothing else turns up," before heading home to Houston. Even though his investigation cannot be completed, Jaworski believes it has had a salutary effect. The next time someone shows up in Washington trying to buy influence, he says, "Congressmen are going to think twice...
Once federal money starts flowing, it almost never stops. Though Impact Aid was designed primarily to cover only uniformed service personnel, Congressmen from districts without military installations also wanted their constituencies to benefit, and step by step they found ways for them to do so. Over the years they expanded the program to include Indians and all Federal Government workers, even those who did not reside on federal land and thus paid local property taxes, and children living in federally financed public housing projects. The program, which originally covered 512,000 children, now blankets 2.4 million. So long...