Word: doled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rode by motorcade from the White House to Capitol Hill for a climactic personal appeal on behalf of the controversial weapon. Meeting with Republican Senators over lunch in the Mansfield Room, the President pulled out a $5 bill to pay for his meal and quipped to Majority Leader Bob Dole, "Include...
...Dole and the rest of the Senate provided a lot more than that. Late that afternoon they gave approval of the new ten-warhead missiles by the surprisingly wide vote of 55 to 45, a crucial boost for Reagan's campaign to double the size of the nation's MX arsenal. It was a reluctant majority; although most Senators have qualms about the MX, many feared that a vote against it would jeopardize the newly restarted arms talks in Geneva. In part the vote reflected U.S. concerns that two Soviet missiles believed to be mobile, the MX-size...
...Oval Office for a 30-day extension for farm credit sign-ups, the President, Secretary of Agriculture John Block and Regan all melted. Branstad announced the decision on the White House steps to huzzahs from the farmers. A couple of hours later the beleaguered Senate Majority Leader, Robert Dole, rose in fury on the Hill and rocketed his displeasure downtown. So, accused Dole, the hold-the-line troops in the Senate were supposed to shoulder the bad news while the boys in the White House handed out the goodies. Regan was chastened. He should have run through his checklist...
...Using rhyme to reason, he coined a popular Senate witticism: "Don't tax you, don't tax me; tax that fellow behind the tree." Younger Senators learned to fear the wily negotiator, and on the morning after the 1980 election, when Democrats had lost control of the Senate, Robert Dole, Long's successor to the chairmanship, quipped, "Who's going to tell Russell...
Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, who had been trying to stall action on the farm-aid legislation, gave in and let it come to a vote. Eight Republican Senators, seven of them from the farm belt, broke ranks and joined the Democrats in approving $1.85 billion in additional loan guarantees to farmers, plus $100 million to help banks reduce interest rates for farmers in trouble. In a second, closer vote, the Senate agreed to advance farmers 50% of the price-support loans they normally get in the fall, after crops are harvested. An infuriated Pete Domenici of New Mexico, chairman...