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...heartland, where right-wing candidates knocked so many liberal Senators into political oblivion in 1980, there is but one real election issue this year: the farm crisis. Class of '80 members who are favored to win -- Wisconsin's Robert Kasten, Iowa's Charles Grassley, Indiana's Dan Quayle, Oklahoma's Don Nickles -- have tried to distance themselves from Reagan's farm policies. But their colleague, James Abdnor of South Dakota, fumbled the farm issue and subsequently found himself fighting an uphill battle for re- election...
...baldness (staffers are working to improve the angle before the show goes live). Inevitably, of course, some Senators will play for the nightly news. Three weeks ago, William Proxmire of Wisconsin illustrated that U.S. consumption of dairy products is rising by brandishing large chunks of cheese. Protested Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa: "The public perception is that unless they see you on TV, you're not doing your job. When my colleagues ask me why I'm giving so many speeches, I can say it's your own damn fault for voting TV in." On the other hand, the wavy...
...budget deficits "themselves pose a danger to our national security." Even some members of the President's own party were moved more by the exigencies of red ink than by the Soviet threat. "It's my feeling that the President's appeal will not fly," stated G.O.P. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa...
...bill before Christmas. But Senate Republican leaders show no similar disposition. They are still smarting from the President's refusal to back them last month after they agreed to a delay in Social Security cost of living adjustments to cut the deficit. Says Iowa's Republican Senator Charles Grassley: "He needs to give us a clear understanding of when he will be with us and when he won't, if he expects us to walk the plank...
...Senate trade delegation. He added, "I have never seen stronger congressional sentiment for acting on the trade front." Says S. Bruce Smart, Under Secretary of Commerce: "Industries have collectively created a fire storm of concern on Capitol Hill." Calls for tough action on imports are widespread. Senate Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa declared last week that "the Administration's approach has gotten us nowhere." Republican John Danforth of Missouri called the President's decision a "very serious mistake. It puts more and more pressure on Congress to answer the bell of every affected industry...