Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that point, the matter might have been quietly clarified and even settled by Moscow and Washington with some adroit negotiating. But the Administration lost control of the issue when it conveyed the intelligence findings to Senator Frank Church, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and an Idaho Democrat who faces a tough re-election fight next year. Church went public with the matter on Aug. 30, and did so in an unexpectedly bellicose way. As a result of his hawkish stance and the hard-line position taken by a number of other officials, including Vance early on ("I will...
With resentments rising, the Department of Energy last week opened hearings into the familiar but unsubstantiated charges of heating-oil profiteering by refiners, even as a group of 15 Senators, led by New York Republican Jacob Javits and New Jersey Democrat Harrison Williams, was urging Duncan to reinstate heating-oil price controls. The restrictions were lifted in 1976, but can be reimposed by Executive order at any time; the Administration's resistance to such controls could weaken as the 1980 election campaign heats...
...economy will shrink 3% during the decline rather than just 1% to 2%. Meanwhile, inflation will remain near 10%. Not until next summer will expansion resume, and even then it will be rather weak. Scarce and expensive energy will mean that growth throughout the 1980s will be sluggish. Says Democrat Walter Heller, who was President John Kennedy's chief economic adviser and now counsels brother Teddy: "The bad news bear is up the path. The recession has only just begun to bite...
...Democrat Arthur Okun complains that the Fed has lost much of its control over credit policy as a result of innovations, such as money market certificates and mortgage-backed securities, that are designed to keep banks and thrift institutions flush with funds for home loans. Says Okun: "Money is easy but expensive, and nobody is saying no to any borrower. They're saying, 'The price is high. Won't you take...
...months the Senate Ethics Committee has agonized over what to do about Georgia Democrat Herman Talmadge, who was charged with extensive financial wrongdoing, including filing $43,000 worth of improper expense accounts. In effect, the committee wanted to recommend that the Senate censure Talmadge without using that fateful word. "Censure" is a punishment that has been applied only seven times in Senate history; the last occasion was in 1967, when the Senate passed judgment on Connecticut Democrat Thomas Dodd for pocketing campaign funds...