Word: doled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dole has strong personal ties to the Administration through his wife Elizabeth, who is Transportation Secretary, and a record of support for Reagan's policies. But he has not shied away from strong criticism, particularly on tax and budget matters. Last week Dole said he would put a higher priority on deficit reduction than on tax reform. He also shot down the Administration's plans for deep domestic-spending cuts, promoting instead a freeze on the federal budget. As for the rest of Reagan's second-term program, he promised only to "support it where...
...Dole's election was also evidence that the Republicans want a leader who can bring a firm hand to the upper chamber, which has grown increasingly unruly in recent years. Within hours of his election, Dole served notice that he intended to get tough on Capitol Hill. "I do believe we spend a lot of time doing very little, and that may be an understatement," he said. "If we really want the discipline, I'm willing to help provide it." The next day, Republican Dan Quayle of Indiana, head of a special bipartisan committee studying Senate procedures...
...Dole, 61, a tall, lean man with a ready grin, spent eight years in the House before winning a Senate seat in 1968. He has a reputation as an adroit legislative craftsman and a fierce competitor. His biting wit is legendary, but the vituperative remarks that earned him the "hatchet man" label as Gerald Ford's 1976 running mate are rare now. More typical is the comment he made last week when his wife presented him with a congratulatory schnauzer named Leader. Deadpanned Dole: "It's an indication of where my leadership is going. Housebroken but not Senate...
...past four years, Dole has been chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, where he pushed through a major revision of the Social Security system and three tax bills. In 1982 he held weary committee members in an all-night meeting to grapple with a specific provision of a $100 billion tax-hike bill. He then persuaded a coalition of Republicans and Democrats to pass the bill over the protests of practically every special interest in Washington...
...Dole is conservative in his voting record, but he has made barbed attacks on supply-side economics and staunchly defends such traditionally liberal measures as the food stamp program and the Voting Rights Act. His eclectic stands have made him a target of the so-called young Turks, a highly vocal group of right-wing Republicans in the House. Charges Newt Gingrich of Georgia, a member of the group: "Dole is the tax collector for the welfare state." Responds Dole: "If you are in the minority, you can put out a lot of newsletters...