Word: congressmen
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Today at 3:00 p.m. three congressmen and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee will discuss political career opportunities at the Law School...
...likely to debate the issue of further help later this month. Without extensive and independent reporting about whether the contras are making progress, Congress -- and the public, for that matter -- will have no objective way to judge whether the cause is worthy of continued support. "Whistle-stop tours by Congressmen to a contra camp are obviously no substitutes for solid reporting on the war," says a European diplomat in the region. "Neither are guided tours put on by the Sandinistas...
...eager for his moment in the limelight, and the result was a pleasant surprise for most of his colleagues. In many ways, the speech by the 17-term House veteran proved more effective than the slickly produced Democratic responses of past years that featured blow-dried young Senators and Congressmen...
Winning votes for any type of foreign assistance is one of the toughest jobs in Washington. With domestic social programs tightly curtailed by Gramm-Rudman spending limits, few Congressmen can politically afford to support more overseas aid. Thus while the U.S. remains the world's largest single source of foreign giving, its contribution is the smallest among major industrial nations when measured as a fraction of gross national product...
Harvard officials attempted to convince Congressmen that without mandatory retirement older professors would block up the tenure system, denying younger academic talent opportunities for lifetime posts, says Shattuck...