Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final vote on the Senate floor. The cloture vote, 64 to 34, was two short of the 66 needed to end the filibuster, but proponents of the bill refused to let it die. Convinced that they could muster two additional votes, they asked Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield for an unprecedented fifth try. If they can prove they have the votes, he is likely to agree...
Harvey C. Mansfield Jr.'53, professor of Government and chairman of the department, is on a leave of absence for the 1974-75 academic year...
...well as Republicans. He was host at a series of meetings in the Oval Office with legislators, both individually and in small groups, to discuss pending bills. Twice he dropped in on his former colleagues on Capitol Hill. The first time was when he paid tribute to Mike Mansfield, who set a record last week for longevity as Senate majority leader: more than 13½ years. Said Ford: "It proves that people who can negotiate survive better than those who take a flat, adamant attitude." Later in the week, Ford visited the Capitol again to make brief speeches...
...concluded, there was an almost tangible lifting of spirits in the East Room and across the nation. From the Congress that had repudiated Richard Nixon, there was al most universal acclaim. "It will undoubtedly bring the country together," said Senate G.O.P. Leader Hugh Scott. "It was magnificent." Agreed Mike Mansfield: "It was superb. He hit all the right notes. It was authentic Jerry Ford...
Still another potential controversy is looming: what to do in case the trial is not completed before the new 94th Congress is convened next Jan. 3. Mansfield, who is planning a six-day-a-week, seven-hour-a-day schedule for the trial in the hope of getting it through by Christmas, wants the new Senate to carry on where the old one left off. "The Senate is a continuing body, and we wouldn't have to start the trial over again," he argues. He plans to provide seats in the chamber for new Senators elected in November...