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...House debate was a classic donnybrook, not just between Democrats and Republicans but also between free-spending liberals and hard-fisted conservatives, between Congressmen who want to cut military spending in favor of social welfare and those who want the exact opposite. Serving as a referee of sorts was Giaimo, 58, whose job was to ensure that no one could force through an amendment greatly changing the overall figures worked out by the Democratic leadership...
...giant of a man (6 ft. 3½ in., 220 Ibs.), Giaimo is a 20-year veteran Representative from New Haven. He regards himself as a liberal on social welfare issues but a moderate on economic questions largely because of the influence of his banker father. Says Giaimo: "I learned a healthy respect for economic realities from...
...Congressman was confronted last week by an array of lobbyists and Congressmen who wanted to tack more money onto the budget resolution-for defense, for social service programs, for farm supports, for education, for veterans' benefits. To all of them, Giaimo had the same rejoinder: "It's time that we curb our appetites. If we're ever going to get control of the budget, this is the time...
...Giaimo's side were some powerful allies, including an inflation-minded President who had threatened to veto any new programs that would make the budget deficit higher than $60 billion (the House resolution forecasts red ink of $57.9 billion) and many voters who oppose increasing the federal deficit. This same anti-inflation spirit turned House Republicans into a formidable force, even though they are outnumbered by Democrats, 288 seats to 147. In contrast to Senate Republicans, who let their budget resolution breeze through unchallenged last month, House Republicans set out to cut about $20 billion from the Democrats...
...When Giaimo opened the House debate two weeks ago, declaring that "congressional restraint is imperative," the first stiff challenge came from a fellow Democrat, New York's Samuel Stratton. He wanted to add $2.4 billion to the proposed defense budget of $115.7 billion (compared with this year's Pentagon budget of $110.1 billion). In private, Giaimo had pleaded with Stratton: "Look, if you put your amendment in, you're playing into the hands of those who want to defeat the budget resolution. Leave it alone." But Stratton would not budge. Fumed Giaimo: "How the hell...