Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with this bi-partisanship comes responsibility and weighing the differences between a Republican or Democrat victory. With an aging Supreme Court, whoever wins will probably be able to nominate several Supreme Court justices...
Small Business Committee Chairman John LaFalce, a New York Democrat, is set to introduce the Women's Business Ownership bill, which will include the recommendations in his committee's report. Among other things, the bill would require the Federal Reserve to limit the circumstances under which bankers could question women entrepreneurs about their marital status. When banks turn down commercial-loan applicants, the institutions would be required to notify the companies of their right to obtain in writing the bank's reasons for doing...
Consider Texas Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, who on taking over the Senate Finance Committee in 1987 formed a breakfast club with a suggested membership price of $10,000. When his hometown newspapers carried stories about the scheme, Bentsen dropped the idea. A similar group at an identical price, formed by Democrat Robert Byrd after he became Senate majority leader in 1987, continues to thrive...
...marriage is called off, members of Congress keep what they are given, even when there is no real race. Upon retirement, a member elected before 1980 can keep this pot of money for his personal use -- a kind of IRA with no strings attached. So far, New York Democrat Stephen Solarz has piled up more than $800,000, as has Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski; New Jersey Republican Matthew Rinaldo has $600,000. A law passed in 1979 allows members elected after that date to return unused campaign money to a charity, the member's political party or contributors...
...political scientist. Unlike Iowa's activists, Crook County's blue-collar residents resist single- issue appeals. Farmers have not fallen prey to the farm movement, and unions have not taken over the mills. Most important, no vote is predictable. Although 51% of the 7,090 voters are registered Democrats, they consistently defy party lines. "They vote the way they think," explains LaSelle Coles, 81, a Democrat who typifies this independence: he is heading up Bush's campaign...