Word: democrats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...recommend overhaul-though not outright abolition-of the Electoral College system. He said that he favored tax reforms designed to meet mounting congressional clamor for closing some of the loopholes that allow many of the very rich to live entirely taxfree. He has been in close touch with Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the most powerful man in Congress on fiscal matters...
...Clues. Politically, Burns characterizes himself as "a moderate Republican," though he was once registered as a Democrat in New York City in order to vote in important primaries. His role on the CEA was essentially apolitical; while he was deeply involved in policymaking, he remained in the background as a confidential adviser to Eisenhower. He is unlikely to be much more visible in his new post...
...fascinating interview with Senator Eugene McCarthy, the Express team quotes the Minnesota Democrat as having told Robert Kennedy before New Hampshire: "I think I have a chance. But I must have a clear run. You can have it all in 1972. But in return I want you to leave it to me in 1968." Bobby flatly promised to stay out, McCarthy told the British newsmen, and had he stuck to his word, "not only would he almost certainly be alive today but most probably he would have emerged as President of the United States...
Dwight Eisenhower. Now he will be responsible for overseeing the development of domestic programs. How his mandate will mesh with that of Moynihan-who is a liberal Democrat with no personal ties to Nixon-is unclear. A division of labor could be established in which Burns concentrated on broad, long-range policy while Moynihan remained responsible for the day-to-day coordination of programs...
Testifying last week before Democrat George McGovern's Senate Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Schaefer reported that of 12,000 people examined (mostly in Texas, Louisiana and Kentucky, plus several hundred from upstate New York), 17% were undernourished enough to be considered "real medical risks...