Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bemused counselor of the Soviet embassy, Viktor Isakov, appeared at the office of Montana Senator Mike Mansfield. "We are puzzled by this request," he said. "Could you please explain?" Mansfield's staff declared that nothing could be done until the citizens asked for a new dam and raised their property taxes to provide flood control. After hearing Isakov's report, Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin decided against intervention...
...club atmosphere of the Senate, absenteeism is something of a way of life. Constituents' demands, to be sure, must be met-along with campaign obligations. Many Senators are also called away by the lucrative lecture circuit. Several weeks ago, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said angrily: "The record is abominable. None of us was drafted for this...
...Agnew voiced his personal opposition to a constitutional amendment. HEW Secretary Elliot Richardson followed up the Agnew argument, noting that any amendment might well nullify landmark civil rights decisions. The word spread on Capitol Hill that John Mitchell, too, opposed an antibusing amendment. Senate Leaders Hush Scott and Mike Mansfield registered disapproval. Congressional conservatives and liberals alike were in agreement with Yale Law Professor Alexander Bickel's view: "There is no way to fine-tune a constitutional amendment to deal solely with busing. It is beyond the wit of the most articulate draftsman, and it trivializes the Constitution...
Front Burner. Who gains politically from the battle? The White House is certain that Muskie has hurt himself. Democrats and independents see it differently. The Republican attacks, said Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, "put this issue back on the front burner. What they do also is to build up Muskie." By focusing on Muskie, the Republicans give the Democratic front runner greater prominence; the Administration seems to be treating him as if he were already the nominee. Further, by making Muskie out to be the leading dove, the Republicans have strengthened his position with antiwar voters who might otherwise prefer...
...Morton challenged Muskie with having "undermined our negotiating position." In short, the Administration was coming close to saying that any criticism of the President's Viet Nam moves -and, by extension, of his foreign policy in general-damages the national interest. To which Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, a careful man with words, replied: "Ridiculous...