Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...liberal Javits who unexpectedly supplied the pivotal vote-startling even Ford-as a subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to provide $125 million in emergency aid and $90 million for humanitarian help (such as food and medical supplies). Democrat Hubert Humphrey, who chaired the subcommittee, argued that Cambodia's military situation was "hopeless," the Lon Nol government was too weak to negotiate and the Administration wanted the aid merely to show that the U.S. had not "copped out." Javits contended that one final injection of help could make negotiations more likely by "continuing some level of resistance...
...return for giving his vice-presidential papers to the Minnesota Historical Society, Senator Hubert Humphrey deducted $199,153 from his federal tax returns for 1969 through 1972. Last week the Minnesota Democrat said that the Internal Revenue Service had disallowed the deductions, and that he will reimburse the Government for the back taxes, plus 6% annual interest. The settlement will cost him as much as $147,000, according to one estimate. His salary as a Senator is $42,500 a year, but he also earns substantial amounts from speeches...
Representatives are not the only beneficiaries of Ford's safety net. When Peter Dominick, 59, lost his Senate seat to Democrat Gary Hart, he asked the President for an ambassadorship. He got one, to Switzerland, at $38,000 a year, but he will have expense and entertainment allowances totaling...
...oversee the new campaign financing law. Three of its six $38,000-a-year seats have been filled with losers. The President appointed one: former Missouri Congressman Tom Curtis, 63, who lost his Senate race against Tom Eagleton. Two others were named by House party leaders: Rhode Island Democrat Robert Tiernan, 46, and Wisconsin Republican Vernon Thomson...
...just a "publicity hound," grumbled Indiana Congressman Andrew Jacobs Jr. following the latest trouble with his pet Great Dane, C5. Three years ago the dog (which was named after the armed forces plane because he "grew like a military contract") chomped on the hand of Missouri Democrat James Symington. After an exile in his Indiana doghouse, C-5 finally returned to Washington, and last week Jacobs threw a welcoming party. Symington himself came by and, to show his good will, offered the dog some cheese. To show his good taste, C-5 bit Symington on the hand again. Said...