Word: drinan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lobbyists concentrated both on persuading Congressmen to co-sponsor the Drinan-Gravel Resolution--which is still frozen in committee-- and on urging undecided, or "swing," senators to vote down the Byrd Amendment to the pending Case-Church Amendment. The Byrd Amendment makes cutoff of Congressional funds contingent upon a ceasefire agreement, and lobbyists felt it greatly weakened the original move. But Washington did some lobbying of its own. Tuesday morning Administration officials, including Presidential Adviser Henry A. Kissinger '50 and Secretary of State William P. Rogers, met with selected "swing" Senators. Tuesday afternoon the Byrd Amendment passed...
...congressman, asked his opinion on the Drinan-Gravel resolution, told his constituent, "I'm on a different committee--I don't deal with National Interests...
...Chisholm campaign is running full slates of delegates pledged to the Brooklyn Congresswoman in the Ninth District (Louise Day Hicks's district, which includes Roxbury), and the Fourth District (Father Robert F. Drinan's district, which includes Brookline and Newton). These slates will be in competition with a number of other slates, including one in each district pledged to Senator George McGovern...
...Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty also has volunteered to come to the caucus, Schaeffer said, but Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D.-Mass.) has refused to participate. Rep. Robert Drinan (D.-Mass.) will be the caucus keynote speaker...
...Drinan mentioned to DiCara that he might be interested in a bill that Drinan is co-sponsoring with Senator Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) to lower the age requirement for congressmen from 25 to 22. DiCara...