Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Absent: Democrat Clair Engle of California, recuperating from brain surgery at Bethesda (Md.) Naval Hospital; he sent word that if he had been present he would have voted...
UNTIL recently most political observers figured that Democrat John Kennedy was a sure 1964 winner, and that it did not make much difference who the G.O.P. candidate would be. Now, many are changing their minds. To be sure, a President is historically at low ebb at the tag end of a pre-election year, and between now and November 1964 a lot of things can happen-and probably will. But a state-by-state survey by TIME correspondents indicates that at least Republican Barry Goldwater could give Kennedy a breathlessly close contest. The results (electoral votes in parentheses...
Virginia (12). With Democrat Harry Byrd sitting another one out, Goldwater would win comfortably...
...sooner had the Senate ratified the nuclear test ban treaty than Georgia Democrat Richard Russell, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, rose before the chamber to push through the huge defense appropriations bill for fiscal 1964. "His timing was perfect," marveled a Defense Department official. "Having just voted for the treaty, the Senate was ready to prove that it was not about to dismantle the military strength of this country...
...Russell found several colleagues in a dismantling mood, and foremost among them was South Dakota Democrat George McGovern. Warning that "excessive" military spending was "distorting our economy, wasting our human resources and restricting our leadership in the world," McGovern called for a flat 10% cut from the $22.8 bil lion allotted to weapons procurement and research and development. The measure, blasted by Barry Goldwater as equal to unilateral disarmament, was opposed by 74 Senators, supported by three Democrats besides McGovern...