Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second stage of it, what might be called the mythologization of the inside and the insider's point of view. In the first stage, the heroes were the men who bore the brunt of the investigation in the public spotlight--the judges, prosecutors, crusading congressmen and even, to some, the System itself. Now we are being told about the Inner Mysteries of Watergate--though I imagine there are at least six more veils to go. The new heroes are the men on the inside, who had little to do with the public spectacle--pre-eminently Woodward and Bernstein...
...hostility toward the military that grew out of the Viet Nam War has ebbed. At the same time, Congressmen, like their constituents, have become suspicious of the Soviets. Among the reasons: the accelerating Russian arms buildup, Soviet intervention in Angola and stagnation of the SALT talks to limit nuclear weapons. Complains Robert Sherman, an aide to two congressional critics of the Pentagon: "The House has been hopelessly spooked...
...Carter changed all that. As he began winning primaries, Humphrey's serene life became turbulent. After Carter took New Hampshire, labor leaders started urging Humphrey to enter the race. After the Massachusetts primary, the liberals began calling. After Carter won Florida, Illinois and North Carolina, everybody called: Governors, Congressmen, party leaders. When the polls showed Carter pulling even with Humphrey, the phone almost rang off the hook. Says Dave Gartner, Humphrey's top aide: "We've got a thousand campaign managers out there...
...Ford Administration, meanwhile, was annoyed with Israel for attempting to block a U.S. proposal to sell six C-130 cargo planes to Sadat for $65 million. Despite U.S. denials, Israel sees the move as a first step in further armament sales to Egypt and has encouraged pro-Israel Congressmen to oppose it. The lobbying efforts so angered Ford that last week he declared his opposition to an extra $500 million in arms appropriations for Israel...
Just about the last thing to be expected in an election year is that Congressmen will pass up a chance to play party politics with a key campaign issue. But that is what happened last week when the Democrat-dominated House and Senate Budget Committees met to set targets for Government spending, revenues and deficit for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. They could easily have voted for huge expenditures that would heat up the economy while contributing an important advantage to the Democratic platform. Instead, they resolved on a moderate line that will about keep the economic recovery...