Word: doled
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...doubt there's one in a million people who has any idea what's going on here," mused Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole. "And they're probably better off." In the Senate's mysterious manipulation of Ronald Reagan's proposed budget, Dole wound up offering an amendment he actually opposed, and the Republican-controlled Senate seemed to be shredding the very budget package it had worked out with the White House. Conceded Indiana Republican Dan Quayle: "Bit by bit, it's coming unraveled, no two ways about...
...Dole had started the week with a razor-thin victory. Ever since Reagan went on television last month to argue for his compromise budget, designed to cut spending by $300 billion over three years, Dole has been pushing for a Senate vote that would endorse the package as a whole. But the majority leader ran into trouble keeping his own party members in line. After two weeks of exhorting his troops while delaying the vote, he ended up making concessions to a few reluctant Republicans to win a 50-to-49 victory...
...largely symbolic. To get it, Dole had promised New York's Alfonse D'Amato and Florida's Paula Hawkins, both Republicans, that he would offer an amendment knocking out any limitations on cost of living (COLA) increases for Social Security recipients. Warned Colorado Republican William Armstrong: "It's a killer amendment . . . a wrecker amendment. It sets the stage for unraveling the whole package." Dole offered the amendment even though he opposed it; he knew that Democrats were poised to introduce the same vote-getting measure and preferred to let Republicans take the credit. The COLA restoration carried...
Under the Administration proposal, students would not be permitted to receive more than $8000 in aid per year. Moreover, the federally determined amount the student and family can pay--based on total income would be automatically subtracted from the $8000 maximum said Dole spokesman Walter Riker...
...Dole accepted the amendment because it could casts have been approved by a Senate vote, aides and lobbyists said...