Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week and had a hard time making his way toward a table. People stopped him along the way, shaking his hand, wishing him well. He was the center of attention and, as always, it pleased him. When he finally sat down, his host, Publisher Jerry Finkelstein, an influential local Democrat, leaned over and commented on this impromptu reception, telling Humphrey that he is by far the most popular Democrat in the state. "I made one mistake, Jerry," Humphrey said in a candid response. "I should have entered this primary. New York is where I could have shown my strength...
...freewheeling election years, notably 1972, is like contrasting a Volkswagen with a Rolls-Royce. A little frugality is clearly in order-but not the cutoff of federal matching funds to candidates, which has sent several campaigns reeling and has all of them hurting. Most desperate is the plight of Democratic Rear-Runner Fred Harris. But more serious contenders for the nominations, such as Republican Ronald Reagan and Democrat Mo Udall, who failed to win early primary tests, are being severely handicapped...
Just about the last thing to be expected in an election year is that Congressmen will pass up a chance to play party politics with a key campaign issue. But that is what happened last week when the Democrat-dominated House and Senate Budget Committees met to set targets for Government spending, revenues and deficit for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. They could easily have voted for huge expenditures that would heat up the economy while contributing an important advantage to the Democratic platform. Instead, they resolved on a moderate line that will about keep the economic recovery...
...full House and Senate approve separate versions of the budget goals, the few differences between them will be hammered out in conference committee. Then the resulting totals will go back before each house for approval. No trouble is expected in the Senate. But in the House, says Washington Democrat Brock Adams, chairman of the Budget Committee, "we have to carry most of the Democrats because we will lose most Republicans, who will stick with the President's budget, and some liberal Democrats, who oppose such heavy defense spending." The vote, consequently, is expected to be a cliffhanger...
...Senate Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, headed by Idaho Democrat Frank Church, voted last week to turn over to the Justice Department information about Lockheed Aircraft Corp.'s overseas payoffs, to be forwarded to countries involved in the scandals. The Justice Department itself signed agreements with The Netherlands and Italy providing for an exchange of findings about bribegivers and -takers. They are similar to an agreement signed the previous week with Japan, where Lockheed has admitted payoffs totaling $12.5 million...