Word: congressmen
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...still larger number of Congressmen say they support any nation's right to self-determination. Their lofty concern apparently does not extend to Quebec, Slovakia, Palestine or other areas where minorities are seeking nationhood, perhaps because U.S. voter rolls do not include large numbers of French- Canadians, Slovaks or Palestinians. Though Lithuanian Americans have been highly vocal, they are small in number and there is no organized Lithuanian lobby in the U.S. But millions of Americans of East European ancestry nurse a long-standing and understandable grudge against Moscow...
Grubbing for money, of course. Congressmen and Senators spend so much time filling their campaign war chests that Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell last year instituted a monthly one-week recess that members can devote to fund raising. Of the 31 Senators seeking re-election this year, 17 will raise more money from out-of-state contributors than they do from their own constituents. A growing share of the booty flows from special-interest groups whose goal is to trade cash for influence on Capitol Hill...
...human-rights abuses in the re-education camps)). But in the State Department there is no change. For example, I am not allowed to go beyond 25 miles of New York City when I am in the U.S. ((retired General John)) Vessey can come here and go everywhere. American Congressmen are free to go everywhere in Vietnam...
Asians have made impressive forays into California politics. Since 1975, California's secretary of state has been March Fong Eu, a Chinese American. Two of the state's Congressmen are Norman Mineta and Robert Matsui, Japanese Americans. Another Japanese American, the noted philologist and educator S.I. Hayakawa, has served as U.S. Senator...
...more mortified by Savage's outpourings than two prominent black Congressmen, House whip William H. Gray III of Pennsylvania and New York's Charles Rangel. Both appeared at the Savage rally to offer their endorsements, though they left before he began his denunciation of Jewish influence...