Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strike. But the President made clear through his no-holds-barred lobbying effort that he was less concerned with the quality of the system deployed than just deploying something to demonstrate firmness to Moscow and its Geneva delegation. Similarly, a refusal to undermine our negotiators at arms talks led congressmen to vote in favor of the MX as symbolic of our commitment to peace. Perhaps less expensive symbolism and more stable missile would help the cause of national security...
Three weeks ago, Reagan began playing host at a series of 8 a.m. breakfasts for small groups of 24 to 36 Senators and Congressmen, usually with Secretary of State George Shultz, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and National Security Chief Robert McFarlane on hand to answer questions. Reagan would show up around 8:30 to make an extemporaneous pitch. He spoke with dozens of other lawmakers over the telephone...
...White House provided sympathetic hearings to Congressmen who hinted that their vote might depend on an Administration favor in their home district; a top official made sure the back scratching stopped short of anything "illegal or expensive." Reagan aides also put out the word that the President might not be eager to campaign next year for Republican Senators who failed to vote right--a tactic that almost backfired with Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, who confronted Reagan about it during the Capitol Hill lunch. Specter and others also heard from Geneva, where Kampelman and Colleague John Tower, a former Senator, made...
Kampelman and his colleagues also had to contend with the scrutiny of ten visiting U.S. Senators and eight Congressmen, all of whom had to be briefed regularly. Said Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd, one of the group: "If a treaty should emerge, we in the Senate would need to have more than a cursory knowledge of it." Although Kampelman & Co. readily offered backgrounding, they fear that leaks, misstatements and well-meant meddling by the lawmakers could disrupt the talks...
...Senate, came upon Sumner from behind and, guttapercha cane in hand, beat him senseless on the Senate floor. Brooks resigned but was immediately voted back into office by his delighted constituents. The following year Laurence Keitt of South Carolina called Galusha Grow of Pennsylvania a "puppy," and about 30 Congressmen, fortified by alcohol, began a free-for-all. In the excitement, John Potter of Wisconsin grabbed William Barksdale of Mississippi by the hair and pulled off his wig. "Hooray, boys!" Potter yelled. "I've got his scalp...