Word: congressmen
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...scandal involving money gifts to U.S. Congressmen by South Korean Businessman Tongsun Park has claimed a casualty: California Democrat John J. McFall. As the current House majority whip, McFall, 58, was a long shot to become majority leader in January. But earlier this month he admitted a charge that an aide had denied before Election Day-namely, that he had received $3,000 from Park in $100 bills in 1974. McFall said that the gift was unsolicited and that he had put it into his congressional office account to buy supplies. Said he: "I don't know what...
Seminars at the Institute of Politics are filled with Harvard students who want to be Congressmen, and you can easily tell who they are. They preface their questions about political strategy with a description of the district they will have to run in, asking the visiting experts how to win "in that kind of district." These men and women are already beginning to chart their political careers as sophomores and juniors in Cambridge, and they want the advice of politicians who have succeeded...
...died unexpectedly, and 12 candidates eventually announced that they would run for his seat. But Markey was the first. The reason he decided to stay in the race, despite the presence of several mayors, a state senator, and Macdonald's administrative assistant, was that the re-election rate for Congressmen is usually well over 90 per cent, and Markey knew it might be another 20 years before the seat opened up again...
...lingering doubts about the extent of the null congressional corruption have been dispelled by the reaction on Capitol Hill to three separate investigations by federal agencies. Several Congressmen have vigorously tried to head off probes into South Korean activities by the departments of State, Agriculture and Justice. An official from one of the investigating agencies told TIME that an influential legislator who was believed to have received payoffs felt so secure "he just laughed at our investigators." Thus far, about 20 Congressmen are suspected of having accepted from South Korean agents as much as $500,000 a year in cash...
Still, the Justice Department is expected to bring Congressmen and other officials before a federal grand jury, which could vote indictments if the case is strong enough. The most devastating witness against the bribetakers may turn out to be the chief bribegiver himself. Tongsun Park. Completing a trip to Tokyo, Paris and London, Park is expected to return soon to Washington, where, he has declared, he will cooperate fully with federal investigators...