Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spent the final days before her return calling on leaders in London and Paris. "If my husband didn't remain in Gorky," she said after meeting French President Francois Mitterrand, "I would never return there." Her jitters were evidenced by a request that two U.S. Congressmen accompany her back to Moscow. Underscoring the importance of Western pressure on the Soviets, Bonner told reporters in Paris, "Nothing that you do can jeopardize us. On the contrary, every public step is useful...
...Governor and secretary of state in March, the bhagwan of American politics became a force to be reckoned with. The more so since his National Democratic Policy Committee, all but unnoticed, claims to have fielded more than 750 candidates in primary contests around the country, including 149 would-be Congressmen and 14 aspirants for the U.S. Senate...
...House Republican whip backed the bill. So did a ranking party member on the Ways and Means Committee. Joining them was the entire Republican delegation from North Carolina plus an additional 52 G.O.P. Congressmen, including four seeking seats in the Senate this fall. The bill? The Democrats' harsh protectionist trade measure, opposed by President Reagan, which passed two weeks ago on a 295 to 115 vote after many once loyal free traders were spooked by what has become a looming issue in the 1986 campaign...
...trade deficit grew to an all-time high of $148.5 billion in 1985, up more than 20% from the 1984 peak. In Washington, this may sound like just another economic indicator, but back home where Congressmen campaign, the figure means unemployment, and trade has become a hot regional issue. Textile workers in North Carolina, shoe manufacturers in New England and Missouri, steelworkers in the Midwest and lumberjacks in the Northwest have been the most vocal in their complaints. "The perception is out there," said one Republican Congressman, that the "Administration isn't doing enough...
...stopped producing chemical arms in 1969. But Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has insisted that the U.S. must modernize its chemical arsenal to counter the Soviet buildup of these weapons. Congress has stipulated that funding for the new program is contingent on the assent of NATO allies. Some U.S. Congressmen, however, feel that because the approval came from the defense ministers instead of NATO's political council, it did not meet congressional standards for going ahead with the chemical-arms program...