Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ervin Jr., the North Carolina Democrat who became somewhat of a folk hero during last summer's Senate Watergate hearings, took this stand against busing on April 10, 1973, during special Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on a proposed constitutional amendment on busing...
...candidate did ask the President to enter his fight, but the request hardly came from the kind of campaigner Nixon had in mind: Nicholas Johnson, a former member of the Federal Communications Commission. Johnson is a liberal Democrat who wants to win a congressional seat in Iowa this fall. Said Johnson: "I'm hopeful that the President will come out to the Third District as soon as possible and campaign for any Republican he chooses...
When the committee met, Doar related St. Clair's offer. Massachusetts Democrat Harold Donohue nevertheless quickly offered a motion to subpoena all of the requested tapes by April 25. That is three days after the end of the Easter recess, and it more than met St. Clair's original request for added time to review. Donohue then moved that debate on his motion be limited to a half-hour (less than a minute for each of the 38 members). That set off Republican complaints...
Watergate's assorted bunglers, burglars and bagmen have prompted Congress to move, albeit ponderously, toward adopting a new act. Last week the Senate choked off, by a 64-to-30 vote, a filibuster led by conservative Alabama Democrat James Allen, who abhors public financing. Two days later, by a 53-to-32 vote, the upper chamber passed a wide-ranging bill calling for public financing of all congressional and presidential elections, primary and general. But the House is likely to rule out public funding for congressional elections. And even if the House does approve public financing of presidential races...
...congressional or presidential general-election campaign or for a mix of public and private funding; the bill also calls for matching public and private funds in primaries. The House bill, which makes public financing mandatory for presidential elections but prohibits it entirely for congressional races, is languishing in Ohio Democrat Wayne Hays' Administration Committee. A bill submitted by Nixon limits individual giving and tightens disclosure but opposes any public financing on the grounds that it is wrong "to make millions of Americans pay [for] the political activities of individuals and parties with which they might totally disagree." This argument...