Word: culver
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...cast their ballots for a President-elect who has pledged to reverse the tone and direction that have prevailed in Washington for almost half a century also retired such noted liberal Democratic Senators as Birch Bayh in Indiana, George McGovern in South Dakota, Frank Church in Idaho and John Culver in Iowa. Even Washington's Warren Magnuson, a fixture in the Senate since 1944 and No. 1 in seniority among all 100 Senators, went down to defeat. In the House, powerful Ways and Means Chairman Al Ullman got the ax, as did Indiana's John Brademas, the majority...
...possibly twelve-enough to give them control of the chamber for the first time since 1954. And victory was all the sweeter since the election toppled most of the Senate's leading Democratic liberals: George McGovern in South Dakota, Frank Church in Idaho, Birch Bayh in Indiana, John Culver in Iowa, Warren Magnuson in Washington, Gaylord Nelson in Wisconsin, and John Durkin in New Hampshire. Only a few liberals managed to keep their seats: California's Alan Cranston and Missouri's Thomas Eagleton won easily, while Colorado's Gary Hart barely beat back his Republican challenger...
...forward a much-ridiculed plan to guarantee a small income for all Americans. McGovern was beaten badly by Jim Abdnor, for whom "slaughter" means instead federally funded abortion, who promised to cut taxes instead of supporting those "too lazy to work." With Carter and McGovern went Frank Church, John Culver '54, and Birch Bayh. Here in Massachusetts, the people overwhelmingly approved a huge reduction in local taxes, despite the warnings of city and town officials that the cuts would cripple local schools, reduce the number of cops on the beat, and make driftwood of the state's poor who depend...
Liberal Sens. George S. McGovern (D-S.D.) and John C. Culver '54 (D-Iowa) also lost to conservative challengers, who were backed by New Right and evangelical political action committees...
...Culver's opponents have had several tiffs over money from outside the state--Grassley has pleaded guilty to taking NCPAC funds, but he asks, with some justification, why that's any worse than accepting cash from the coffers of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), a group that has swollen Culver's war chest. More than his embattled liberal colleagues, Culver has refused to yield on his progressive record, insisting he's satisfied with his stand on the issues. Perhaps as a result, Iowa's election may be less of a referendum on the question of outside interference and more...