Word: doled
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Meanwhile, there were political games aplenty being played last week by both parties in the lameduck Congress. Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd wanted Congress to complete action on a $39 billion package of tax cuts that was pending. So did Republican Dole, who will soon chair the Finance Committee, and Reagan signaled his approval. But Carter threatened to veto any such bill. That effectively killed the legislation and left Reagan free to start anew with his own tax cut ideas in January...
...pollster. Also likely to be called on for political advice is Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, who is a close friend. Three women are slated for Cabinet or sub-Cabinet positions. Two are Republicans: Anne Armstrong, former co-chairman of the G.O.P. National Committee and Ambassador to Britain; and Elizabeth Dole, wife of Senator Robert Dole and a former member of the Federal Trade Commission. The Democrat is Jeane Kirkpatrick, professor of government at Georgetown University...
...Senate under G.O.P. management would be a far different place, with more moderate Democrats facing more conservative Republicans. Savoring a big re-election win in Kansas, Republican Robert Dole observed: "The liberals in Congress are going to have to learn a lesson. There is a kind of liberalism that doesn't wash any more." At the same time, the high turnover will probably make the Senate even more independent and self-willed. While its majority will share the basic outlook of the conservative President-elect, a Republican 97th Senate could prove to be just as balky as its predecessor...
...other important contests, Sen. Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), head of the Senate Agriculture Committee, overcame accusations of corruption and an official Senate "denouncement" to defeat opponent Mack Mattingly, while incumbent Sens. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.), Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), Robert Dole (R-Ka,) and Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.) all marched to convincing victories...
...Colorado Gary Hart-D Connecticut Christopher Dodd-D Delaware Pierre Du Pont IV-R Florida Paula Hawkins-R Georgia Herman Talmadge-D Hawaii Daniel Inouye-D Idaho Steven Symms-R Illinois Alan J. Dixon-D Indiana Dan Quayle-R Bob Orr-R Iowa Charles Grassley-R Kansas Robert Dole-R Kentucky Wendell Ford-D Louisiana Russell Long-D Maine Maryland Charles McC. Mathias-R Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Thomas Eagleton-D Christopher Bond-R Montana Ted Schwinden-D Nebraska Nevada Paul Laxalt-R New Hampshire Warren Rudman-R Hugh Gallen-D New Jersey New Mexico New York Alfonse...