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...have co-sponsored a bill that would institute an official United States policy calling for political negotiations with the involvement of all parties. In addition to these legislative initiatives, members of Congress, including some traditional conservatives have begun voicing their opposition to U.S. military aid. For example, Rep. Millicent Fenwick (R-N.J.) has issued statements against the Reagan Administration policy in El Salvador Sen. Clairborne Pell (D-R.I.), after a four-day tour of Central America, stated that he is convinced that 70 percent of the killings in the nation have been committed by the Salvadoran military...
...House also quickly and quietly voted itself a nice little Christmas gift, doubling to more than $18,000 the amount of outside income members will be permitted to earn each year. "This is the pickpocket's way," cried dismayed Republican Millicent Fenwick of New Jersey after the unrecorded vote. The Representatives also voted to allow themselves tax deductions for the cost of maintaining a second residence in Washington. The sneaky, swift maneuvers seemed particularly ill suited in this season of fiscal austerity. Other last-minute actions: the narrow approval, by a 205-to-203 vote, of a scaled-back...
...this quite remarkable woman divides her free time between her townhouse in Manhattan's exclusive Turtle Bay and the home she shares with her younger brother and her secretary-companion in Fenwick, Conn., on Long Island Sound. Vigorous as ever, she regularly bikes, swims, plays a fiercely competitive game of tennis. She talks easily about her life and her work. The Hepburn mind still functions dexterously. The odd detail may elude her, but her memory is radiant and rich with the large patterns of life, its experience and meaning, its jokes and ironies. And all of it falls into Yankee...
...know is the person at Fenwick," she says. "When I'm talking about acting, I feel I'm talking about somebody else. Acting is a nice childish profession?pretending you're someone else, and at the same time selling your own self." After a hearty Fenwick dinner of meat, fresh vegetables and a homemade pie, the company may retire to her brother-in-law's house to watch one of Hepburn's old films. The star herself is not unduly impressed: "I don't feel any particular connection with that poor creature up on the screen. I'd rather watch...
...When Fenwick first came to Congress in 1975, she took Washingtonians by surprise. How could they know that the elegant, gracious Mrs. Fenwick was also an outspoken, steel-strapped pipe-smoker? As Bella Abzug told her, "Everyone expected you to be an uptight dowager." Perhaps Lacey Davenport, her caricature in the Doonesbury comic strip, explains best what Capitol Hill denizens really found. Charming and upbeat, she was unafraid to tangle with the personalities that might have had the power to end her career...