Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attract attention to their plight, contingents of angry farmers went to Washington. They drove tractors up and down Pennsylvania Avenue. They set loose chickens and goats on Capitol Hill. They lobbied in the Capitol's halls, scaring a few citified Congressmen with their passionate pleas for federal aid. Finally, they got their bill to the floors of both congressional chambers...
Members of Congress, as well as President Carter, see the committee as one step in the fight to simplify and reorganize government. Wellington said, adding that certain congressmen have formed a bipartisan Congressional Paperwork Reduction Group which plans cooperate with the committee...
DeLeeuw said lobbying Congressmen and demonstrations in Washington are not effective means to pressure Congress, because the corporate lobby in Washington is too powerful...
...biggest cash gifts were awarded to those former Congressmen who could best help his rice business. Louisiana's Otto Passman, who had not liked Park's arrangements for rice deals in his state, was pursued to Hong Kong in 1970 and given $5,000 "for his campaign." Passman, who was indicted last month for bribery and conspiracy, received another $274,000 from Park over the course of six years. Given the law barring campaign contributions from foreigners, Park also developed an interest in antique watches and jewelry, which Passman happened to collect. Park started buying Passman...
...George Town Club plus a set of golf clubs and some hurricane lamps. The paper, written in Korean and titled "U.S. Congressional Delegation's visit to Korea," was found in Park's house in Washington. The document discussed the trip that O'Neill, 19 other Congressmen and some of their wives took to Korea in 1974. It said: "Mr. O'Neill specifically requested us to provide those Congressmen with election campaign funds and their wives with necessary expenses...