Word: giaimo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last semester, Yale hired former congressman Robert Giaimo as a part-time Washington advisor, and also formed the corporation advisory committee on federal relations. The committee includes Giaimo, former President Gerald Ford, former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, and former Senator Abraham Ribicoff...
...Democrats intend, however, to give Reagan one thing in the short session that he has said he wanted to impose, but in his own time: a reduction in the federal budget for the current fiscal year. Mischievously, Connecticut Congressman Robert Giaimo, chairman of the House Budget Committee, tacked a 2% across-the-board spending cut onto a final budget resolution. If passed, it will put Reagan in the position of having to decide just where to cut when he comes into office instead of taking his time or perhaps adopting a different budget-cutting tactic. Warned New York Republican Barber...
...reaction to the Carter program has been critical. Connecticut Democrat Robert Giaimo, the powerful chairman of the House Budget Committee, called it "statesmanlike." And Walter Heller, the University of Minnesota economist, approvingly observed that it was "a carefully crafted conservative program." One of its most commendable points is that despite its election-year timing, it contains more relief for business than for vote-casting individuals. Said Carter: "Now is no time for an excessive stimulus program nor for inflationary tax reductions. We must make careful investments in American productivity." The program's benefits for business will be worth about...
Overshadowing in numbers and influence the Congressmen committed to an open convention, 107 House Democrats backed the tough new voting rule. The list included Majority Leader Jim Wright, Budget Committee Chairman Bob Giaimo, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Clement Zablocki and Government Operations Chairman Jack Brooks...
Second, the House Budget Committee based its revenue predictions on the shaky assumption that the recession will not be as bad as most economists think. In his own defense, Giaimo argued: "The economists have been so wrong. They have been predicting recession for three years...