Word: laxalt
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That amiable scene obscured some harsh realities. Despite Reagan's optimism, Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, Senator and Reagan Confidant Paul Laxalt and House Minority Leader Bob Michel had asked for the White House meeting to deliver a message that was grim, no matter how gently they phrased it: Republicans on Capitol Hill will simply not accept a budget involving such unprecedented deficits...
...recovery seems weak and shaky, some leaders in the Republican-controlled Senate might well send a high-powered delegation to Reagan to plead for a revamping of the budget. Presumably, they would urge less defense spending and possibly even some tax increases to shrink the deficit. Says Laxalt: "We would owe it to the President to give him our best judgment and advise accordingly...
Although he handled himself well under questioning, Stockman remains, in effect, on probation. While 32 of the 53 Republican Senators signed a letter to Reagan supporting Stockman and pleading, "We need him as part of the team," Senator Paul Laxalt, the President's confidant, significantly did not. Moreover, a huge question had been raised as to whether Stockman can continue to be effective. Certainly, he has become an irresistible target for Democrats on Capitol Hill. Observed Leon Panetta, a key Democrat on the House Budget Committee: "He was knowledgeable. But now the first question will be: 'Is this...
That concept, favored by many in the Defense Department, drew criticism from conservative quarters in those states normally friendly to defense, such as the Morman Church in Utah and Republican senators like Paul Laxalt...
Everyone, that is, except the people of Utah and Nevada who didn't like the idea of having a subway for nuclear bombs in their backyard. Among those who opposed this basing scheme were Sen. Paul N. Laxalt (R-Nev.), Sen. Jake Garn (R-Utah), and the Mormon Church. With some of its best friends fast turning into foes, the administration last spring started looking at other options. It has apparently returned to the land-based MX, with the following alterations: The number of missiles and silos has been halved, and the system reportedly includes anti-ballistic missiles (ABMs). This...