Word: lawton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lawton said that he was leaving for personal reasons and refused to elaborate on what they were...
Francis A. Lawton, 61, said he is looking for a position at another university or in private industry. Lawton helped oversee the physical plant of the Faculty, which includes the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the College...
Leading the congressional efforts to deal with the deficit will be the chairmen of the two budget committees. On the Senate side, the budget panel will have a new chief, Democrat Lawton Chiles of Florida. Chiles is no stranger to the budget wars. In years past he worked so closely with the former Republican budget chairman, Pete Domenici of New Mexico, that the two men became known as the Bobbsey Twins. In the process, Chiles earned a reputation as a sincere and often effective budget cutter...
...only more than doubling the national debt but also leaving office with deficits on the rise. The chance of striking some compromise is enhanced because Reagan will be dealing with two pragmatic and moderate Democrats: Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, the new chairman of the Finance Committee, and Florida's Lawton Chiles, who will be taking over the Budget Committee...
...would not, for example, be a pronounced change in the conduct of most major Senate committees if the Democrats won the chairmanships by gaining control. In many cases, the current ranking Democrat on a committee is ideologically simpatico with the present Republican chairman. On the Budget Committee, Florida Democrat Lawton Chiles has generally agreed with New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici. Both have criticized the President's budget proposals over the years. A Democratic majority would give the President a little bit more of a fight on domestic spending cuts and probably increase the chance of a tax hike to battle...