Word: cosponsor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...protesters demanded that Kennedy cosponsor HR 4990, a bill initiated by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) to authorize $15 million for new low-cost housing, but Kennedy refused. His press secretary, James Mahoney, said Kennedy supported a competing measure because he thought HR 4990 would leave too many decisions to the discretion of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...
...same moral commitment to expanding federal involvement in housing [as the protesters]," Mahoney said. "He only differs on the mechanism for spending tax dollars." The spokesman said Kennedy will vote for the Frank bill if it comes to the floor, but he refuses to cosponsor...
Kennedy is a cosponsor of HR 918, a measure that would keep rents low for poor families and would increase funds for housing assistance. Mahoney said the bill Kennedy prefers would authorize a sum "comparable" to $15 million but is more specific on how the money should be spent...
...resolution minus the neutrality clause is"no help to the union at all. That's an insult tothem," said cosponsor Robert H. Greenstein '89,who said he would like the bill to return tocommittee. "You might as well withdraw it--it'smeaningless...
Ways and Means killed a similar bill last year by a single vote. But aides to Graham and Senate cosponsor John W. Olver (D-Amherst) gave the current version a much better chance. They blamed their previous failure on hasty lobbying and incomplete attendance during the crucial vote, rather than concerted opposition...