Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...criticism now assailing Carter exceeds such predictable norms, and it comes from all quarters. While Republicans hungry for gains in this November's elections are understandably harsh, so are many members of the President's own party. Complains one prominent Democrat: "Things continue to fall apart. A year ago we were saying that pretty soon Jimmy Carter would take hold of things. Six months ago we were saying that pretty soon Jimmy Carter would take hold of things. Now we are saying that pretty soon Jimmy Carter had damn well better take hold of things." Some Democratic congressional...
...typically skillful practitioner is Timothy Wirth, 38, a liberal Democrat who reigns in Colorado's conservative Second District. His life is 80 hours a week of work, including a ride in the Red Zinger bicycle classic and a two-hour town meeting devoted to foreign policy. He knows how to work a parade so that all the people see him. When pollution became a problem in Denver, he carried a breath analyzer in his van for constituents who wanted to know the amount of carbon monoxide in their lungs. All summer he will be meeting, talking, shaking and listening...
...Indiana's Second District, former History Professor Floyd Fithian has found resonance with his moderation as a Democrat in an area that used to be considered far right. His voting pattern is blurred, but his attention to the home folks is not. When he is campaigning, he stays in people's homes most of the time, relishing the hot breakfast and a chance to listen. He hands out questionnaires, urges his people to "get inyour two cents' worth." He has some 200 junior high kids in the Fithian youth groups. For five hours' work...
...proposed limiting increases in hospital costs to 9% a year. They soared last year by almost 16%, a pace that has slowed a bit this year, to an average increase of 12.7%, a decrease helped in part by the threat of cost-curbing legislation. In a surprise move, Illinois Democrat Marty Russo defected from the Carter camp, enabling the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to vote 22 to 21 against mandatory hospital cost controls. Instead, the committee endorsed voluntary efforts by hospitals to cut costs. The panel also approved a national commission-with no enforcement powers-to monitor medical...
Still. Arizona Democrat Morris Udall, who is managing the legislation for the Administration, is confident that the objectionable sections can be eliminated on the House floor. Said he: "My whole strategy was simply to get out a bill...