Word: doled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senate for ratification in 1949. In the intervening years, every American President except Dwight D. Eisenhower has endorsed the pact, and 96 nations, including the Soviet Union, have confirmed it. Last week the Senate finally approved the treaty by a vote of 83 to 11. Said Majority Leader Robert Dole: "We have waited too long to delay further...
Though it has become more difficult to slip a special-interest bill through Congress in the dead of night, it is not impossible. In 1981, when a group of commodity traders began lobbying for a tax loophole worth $300 million, then Senate Finance Chairman Dole poked fun at the commodity traders on the Senate floor. "They are great contributors. They haven't missed a fund raiser. If you do not pay any taxes, you can afford to go to all the fund raisers." But then commodity PACs and individual traders increased their contributions to Dole's own political action committee...
Predicting an eventual resurgence of the GOP's progressive wing, Coleman cites Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kansas), Sen. Charles Mathias (R-Maryland), Sen. Robert Packwood (R-Oregon), and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass) as the top leaders in the Senate...
...reaction to the dramatic end of the Duvalier dynasty was one of almost uniform relief. Said President Reagan, hours after Duvalier had left and the new Haitian government had been installed: "We're waiting for them now to develop something to restore order." Declared Republican Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole bluntly: "I'm glad he's gone. Good riddance. I'm glad they had an airplane...
...will continue." Leaders on Capitol Hill, however, immediately sensed the incongruity of an upbeat national address at such a time. House Republican Leader Robert Michel telephoned Chief of Staff Donald Regan to urge a delay. Regan phoned House Speaker Tip O'Neill and Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole. Both strongly advised a postponement, and the White House agreed. Spokesman Larry Speakes announced that the address would wait a week, until this Tuesday...