Word: jessee
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(The Rev.) Jesse L. Jackson National President, PUSH Chicago
Farm Bill. In his budget-cutting fervor, Reagan has proposed slashing or eliminating entirely a bale of venerable farm-aid programs. For example, he proposes moderating commodity price supports for most farm products, abolishing some special programs like peanut acreage allotments, and pulling the plug on the Rural Electrification Administration...
It is an impressive show of personal clout. But Jesse Helms, the senior Senator from North Carolina, has become a dominating force in the Government, partly because of his own fierce skills of coercion and partly because the public's mood has shifted his way. Next to Reagan himself...
Morgan's charge is music to Helms' ear, since his aim is to scare liberals. One reason he proposes so many amendments is to force Senators to get on the record. Viguerie argues that this is what the New Right is all about. "These liberals aren't...
Restraint comes hard for Jesse Helms. "I'm so used to throwing grenades," he told some of his Senate staffers one day, "that I don't know how to hang on to them." It was a revealing comment. for Jesse Helms surely will not hold back. He has...