Word: congressmen
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...however, he plans to restart one tritium-producing reactor at Savannah River in December and another early next year. Herrington, a lawyer and Reagan appointee, has taken commendable steps to infuse a safety- conscious attitude at the weapons facilities. But he has failed to heed complaints from environmentalists and Congressmen who believe the plant should remain closed until DOE files an environmental-impact statement on the 300- sq.-mi. facility. If he does not do so, the National Resources Defense Council, a New York-based environmental group, threatens to go to court to keep the plant from operating...
...civil rights advances. Now, however, the Justices may be on the verge of a historic rollback. In an unusual move, the court last week considered whether to overturn its 1976 ruling in Runyon v. McCrary, a key civil rights decision. That possibility prompted a flood of briefs from Senators, Congressmen, state attorneys general and civil rights groups urging the court not to overrule Runyon...
...three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals continued this trend by deciding unanimously last Tuesday to throw out a suit brought by Democratic congressmen that charged President Reagan with violating the resolution. The court claimed that the ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq War had rendered moot the legislators' case that Reagan had acted illegally by introducing troops into a hostile setting in the Persian Gulf without notifying Congress...
...that logic, the ongoing work on comprehensive welfare reform or the passage of the Tax Reform Act, two of the more substantial and far-reaching pieces of domestic legislation in recent years, were simply means for calculating congressmen to ensure themselves a return ticket to Capitol Hill...
Instead of passing this timely piece of legislation, should Congressmen instead go back to their districts and tell voters, "Sorry, we decided not to try to crack down on drug abuse because we thought it would prejudice you in our favor. In the meantime, just...