Word: democratically
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...Says Democrat William Hughes, who represents a South Jersey waterfront district in the House: "The legislation and procedures being put in place are going to expedite development and minimize litigation. The states and communities will not be looking to the courts because their concerns are being addressed." If so, the only important question remaining is whether there really is oil out there...
Heimann began the probe the day after he was sworn into office on July 21. A smart and ambitious moderate Democrat, he has firsthand knowledge of the highflying financial world in which Lance made his fortune. An economics graduate of Syracuse University ('50), Heimann started with the Wall Street investment house of Smith, Barney & Co., promising to quit in two years if he could not create new business in the virgin field of advising labor unions on investing pension funds. "Nothing happened for a year and three-quarters," he recalled. "I worked terribly hard, saw everybody, but nothing happened...
...begin an inquiry into NBG's affairs. Senate Republicans are at last showing some interest in Lance's troubles. They had been uncharacteristically silent, chiefly because they liked his moderate economic views. Now Senator Robert Dole and House Republican Conference Chairman John Anderson are urging Connecticut Democrat Abraham Ribicoff to reopen his Senate Government Affairs Committee's once-over-lightly hearing on Lance's loans. Without wait ing for that investigation to get under way, Anderson last week became the first major congressional figure to call publicly for Lance's resignation. "It seems clear," said...
ENGAGED. Shirley Chisholm, 52, the first black woman to be elected to Congress (from Brooklyn in 1968) and to try for the presidency (as a Democrat in the 1972 primaries); and Arthur Hard wick Jr., 61, an architectural designer and onetime politician who served with Chisholm in the New York State assembly in 1964-66. Last February the Congresswoman divorced her husband, social service investigator Conrad Chisholm, after 28 years of marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences...
...even as the critics protested, Carter's program was being efficiently spirited through the mazes of congressional committees. Taking personal charge of the legislation, House Speaker Tip O'Neill set up a special ad hoc energy committee under Ohio Democrat Thomas ("Lud") Ashley. That committee's job was to mold into one hill the legislation that emerged from various committees. Even as those hearings were under way, the House and Senate were also studying Carter's other keystone energy proposal-a bill to create a new Department of Energy...