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...Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, complained that attacks on the patriotism of opponents was "highly offensive" and announced she would oppose Reagan's package "as it is now formulated...
...hearts. Certainly there were many happy returns last week as hundreds turned out in Topeka to help the former Kansas Governor (1932 to 1936) celebrate his 98th birthday. President Reagan phoned to wish him well. Vice President George Bush came to visit. Landon's daughter Republican Senator Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, 53, was there also. Students from Topeka's Landon Junior High School serenaded him with "Happy Birthday" and presented the grand old party with a book of newspaper clippings dating back to 1935. After riffling through the collection, the still spry Landon exclaimed, "Some I would like to burn...
...President "doesn't give a damn" about the issues really bothering the people back home, huffed House Speaker Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts. Even members of the President's own party questioned his political agenda. "Tax reform is certainly not the top priority in Kansas," said Senator Nancy Kassebaum. "There are too many other emotional fights...
...noting that he would much prefer to have an uncontroversial job like director of the National Gallery of Art. But he went on to defend the Administration's military buildup as well as the controversial Star Wars plan. Later, Senators Joseph Biden, Gary Hart, William Cohen and Nancy Kassebaum gave a bipartisan critique of the Administration's defense and foreign policies, amid some jovial byplay between Hart and Biden on the approaching 1988 presidential campaign. After a vigorous exchange on policy, several of the visitors expressed surprise at how prominent an issue defense was in the U.S. Said Rowland...
...began last September). Bipartisan groups of legislators, claiming that tens of thousands of farmers face bankruptcy before they can get their crops planted this spring, readied bills to force a vastly greater expansion of loan guarantees. One measure being drafted by Grassley and his Kansas Republican colleague, Senator Nancy Kassebaum, would increase the amount available to $4 billion. Exon and Oklahoma Democrat David Boren vowed a filibuster that would prevent the Senate from transacting any other business until it passed some such bill...