Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elected our Congressmen thinking they might curb inflation, and what did they do? They gave a great boost to inflation by voting an unreasonable increase in their wages [March 14]. Since they would not stand up and be counted, the solution is to vote all of them out of office at the next election...
Whatever the intellectual level of Carter's involve-the-people campaign, its success has not shaken many Congressmen. "We admire a virtuoso performance when we see one," said Republican Representative Barber Conable of New York State. "We sure know he can frost a cake. The question is whether he knows how to bake one. When the real crunch comes-energy, trade, cutting the budget-that's when we'll see whether Carter can turn his popularity into votes up here...
...first stormy test will be Congress's attempt to prevent Carter from stopping construction of 30 high-priced water projects. Carter has not decided whether to appeal over Congressmen's heads to their constituents. But, even if he loses this fight, he may still win political points with the public. Predicted a Republican Congressman: "In 1980, he will cite it as the first example of the frustration he faced trying to balance the budget...
...should know, when the voters mark their ballots, they are really endorsing a slate of electors picked by the candidate's party. The electors of the winning party are authorized to cast all of their state's votes (a total equal to the number of its Congressmen and Senators) for their candidate. But they are not legally bound to do so. In each of the past five elections, one "faithless elector" has cast his ballot for someone else...
...fight goes may have grave repercussions later on for Carter and his programs: the memories of Senators and Congressmen run long, and they can nurse their grudges as bitterly as the Medici. With the possible exception of motherhood, there is nothing more sacred to many members of Congress than the physical evidences of the power that Carter is trying to limit: gigantic dams, huge reservoirs, aqueducts that run for hundreds of miles, all proof-cast in concrete-of the legislators' concern for the folks back home. What is more, there is no sure way of measuring the true value...