Word: mansfield
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...critics in the Senate had a different reaction to the weekend's activities. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said that major new operations in Indochina would touch off renewed efforts in Congress to cut off funds for the war. He said that a joint U.S.-South Vietnamese invasion of Laos would "increase the chances for passage" of the Hatfield-McGovern amendment calling for a total withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Indochina by December 31. The amendment was defeated 55-39 last year...
...intention of jumping into the 1972 race, the defeat was not a total gain for Nixon. Byrd may be more philosophically attuned to some Nixon programs, but he takes his partisan role seriously and is a far more abrasive and belligerent scrapper AP than either Majority Leader Mike Mansfield or Kennedy...
...Senator Mike Mansfield has introduced a bill that would pay up to $25,000 apiece to victims of federal crimes, then empower the Justice Department to sue convicted offenders to recover the money. States would get federal grants to copy the plan. Of all U.S. offenses, 87% are property crimes, and restitution as the entire punishment makes sense in many cases unless violence is involved. Variations include Sociologist Charles Tittle's idea: the state would repay victims immediately, then confine and employ property offenders at union wages, keeping half their pay and putting the rest in trust for their...
...legislators were also angry at the President. Many Senators feel that the chamber and the White House are at such odds as to be virtually at war. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield refused to acknowledge that things are quite that bad, insisting that "we will continue to act responsibly." Conflicting signals came from the White House. One all-out Nixon supporter, Senator Robert Dole of Kansas, sent word to the President urging a friendly holiday visit to Congress. He received no reply. Nixon himself, in a letter made public by House Republican Leader Gerald Ford, expressed hope that the Senate...
North as Well. Senator Mike Mansfield was responsible for getting the amendment through the Senate, and now Senator Edward Kennedy has introduced a constitutional amendment to finish the job across the board-states, counties and all. Since three-fourths of the state legislatures must ratify an amendment before it becomes law, the process could take well beyond 1972. To avoid the confusion of preparing double sets of ballots, many states may move to lower voting ages to 18 on their...