Word: congressmen
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...Ronald Reagan feverishly lobbied lawmakers to renew aid to the Nicaraguan contras last week, he found himself cast in a strange, ill-fitting role. Not so long ago, the President displayed an uncanny knack for dazzling Congressmen with his charm and righteousness, even as he squeezed painful concessions out of them. But last week the once cocky cajoler seemed humble, even desperate. To some he was a figure of pathos. "I felt almost bad for him," said Democratic Congressman Roy Dyson of Maryland, one of several lawmakers who met with Reagan in the Oval Office last week. "I remember...
While the majority of Congressmen are opposed to the line item veto, there are a few, including Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and Sen. Joe Biden (D.-Del.), who feel that the authority is a legitimate way to reduce the deficit...
...damage done to macademia nuts by rats--to the seriously expensive--$25 million for an unneeded new airport in Fort Worth near the home territory Speaker of the House Jim Wright. In the several-thousand pages of an omnibus appropriations bill, these expenditures can be shielded from constituents, and congressmen can hide their support for these perks by claiming that they voted for the whole package, not individual appropriations...
...kill the peace progress," argued House Majority Whip Tony Coelho. To lure fence sitters, the Democrats plan to offer an alternative, non-lethal aid package, dismissed as "beans and blankets" by the White House, that will be voted on if the Reagan plan is defeated. Grass- roots groups bombarded Congressmen with letters and calls, and one group previewed television spots that link contra aid to potential U.S. troop involvement in the region. Last week's disclosures by a civil rights group that the FBI has been tracking citizens opposed to U.S. policy in Central America also seemed timed to embarrass...
...Congressmen on both sides of the aid debate predicted victory this week, with the White House confident that enough of the undecided will vote its way on the ground that they cannot trust Ortega. But the contra leadership was taking no chances. Despite the importance of the talks in San Jose last week, top contra leaders were where they felt the action counted most -- in Washington, on Capitol Hill, lobbying for their cause...