Word: heflinism
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...outcome had been expected. But Sen. Howell Heflin's decision was unknown until he voted, and his support was coveted by both sides...
...length of much of the testimony -- Specter is the least predictable of the three fence-sitters. Bork lobbyists conceded last week that Arizona Democrat Dennis DeConcini may be "gone," likely to join six other Democrats considered certain to reject the judge. Forecasters think that Alabama's Howell Heflin will be the only Democrat on the panel to vote for Bork, joining five certain Republican supporters...
...Administration also hopes that a pro-Bork vote by Heflin will inspire other conservative Southern Democrats to risk offending their increasingly influential black constituents by supporting the nomination. The Democrats hold a 54-to-46 majority in the Senate, so Bork will need all the crossover votes...
Despite Bork's gruff but courteous style and ability to turn the hearings into a legal seminar, the "confirmation conversion" issue could keep him from winning Senate approval. The three swing men -- Republican Specter and Democrats DeConcini and Howell Heflin of Alabama -- expressed reservations about Bork's ever changing views. "There are those who raise the issue that your changing of your position," Heflin told Bork, "came only at a time when a carrot was being dangled before your eyes." Replied Bork: "I can assure you that that's not the way I operate...
This summer, the fetes became a vital to some interns after collegiates were barred from the Senate's subterranean cafeterias to cut down waits on the checkout line. But there's more to it than that: where else can you see the likes of Howell Heflin chowing down courtesy of the National Pork Rind Processors...