Word: democratically
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Among Garth's other candidates is a sentimental favorite, Senator Jennings Randolph, 76, a Democrat from West Virginia, who first served in Congress 46 years ago and has never felt any need to use this newfangled television. This year he is in a tight fight against former Governor Arch Moore, so Garth was called in. Result: half of Randolph's $500,000 campaign chest will be used on television. One spot shows Randolph preaching fervently to a cluster of coal miners about his long struggle to get them adequate health benefits. He comes across as jolly, energetic...
...maintain its standards of quality and still save about $1 billion annually. The long-term economies could amount to even more because a higher proportion of military women are unmarried and thus require less than men do in medical benefits, housing allowances and other services. Observes Colorado Democrat Patricia Schroeder, a member of the House Armed Services Committee: "Women may yet save the Army...
Although the major battle in Congress last week was over taxes, Senators and Representatives also had to fight their way through a bewildering array of measures. "I've voted enough today," snapped Democrat Barbara Jordan of Texas as she hobbled off the House floor on a cane at 11 o'clock one night. Admitted Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd one evening: "I'm so tired that I can't remember whether this motion is debatable...
...Neill's strategy had to be approved first by the Rules Committee. After a night of debate, the committee was deadlocked, 8 to 8. O'Neill and Administration strategists then focused their efforts on California Democrat B.F. Sisk, who had voted against the merged bill. Despite a 15-min. call from Jimmy Carter, Sisk refused to change his vote...
...Senate, Democrat James Abourezk of South Dakota, a diehard opponent of natural gas deregulation, mounted a one-man filibuster that delayed the final vote for three days. Even after a 71-to-13 cloture vote, Abourezk, who is retiring from the Senate this year, obstinately continued his filibuster, causing Majority Leader Byrd to slump red-faced with anger in his chair. Abourezk, with a handful of supporters, kept talking for 15 hours, then gave up. Hours later, the bill passed, by 60 to 17 in the Senate and 231 to 168 in the House...