Word: filibusterers
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The galleries of the ornate chamber were but two-thirds full, and the Senators chatted amiably and joked with one another as they filtered onto the floor last week. Yet if the mood seemed light and frivolous, the vote was decidedly not: for the fourth time in one week, Jesse...
Their day had finally come. After years of exile on the fringe of American politics, after stunning victories in the 1980 elections, after almost two years of impatient waiting while the Administration and Congress focused on economic matters, the New Right and its allies at last had a fighting chance...
The so-called social issues were heavily debated during the 1980 campaign and were crucial in electing Ronald Reagan to the presidency. The 97th Congress, with its eager class of conservative freshmen, was expected to legislate traditional morality back into American life. But not one item of the New Right...
"If we have to fight again another day, then we'll fight again another day," insisted Jesse Helms, the conservative North Carolina Republican who lost a bit of his reputation as a mover and shaker in the Senate by failing to win passage of the antiabortion bill. "We'...
Helms' attempt at cloture fell 19 votes short of the required two-thirds majority, but he will try again this week to end the talkathon. The Senator has vowed to fight a similar filibuster against another proposal, which would attempt to get around Supreme Court decisions banning prayer in...