Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House had shot its wad on recommittal," Bayh explained. "They called in all their lOUs on that one. They cranked up for the wrong vote." He was confident not only of pinning down the tie vote but also of scratching out one more anti-Carswell ballot. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield agreed to call for a vote on the nomination immediately after the recommittal move lost. The motion required unanimous approval. A perplexed and wary Hruska, floor-managing the Carswell drive, objected...
...will also campaign against University professors affiliated with the Cambridge Project. Due to the recent passage of the Mansfield amendment-which prevents any research, including that for defense, from being euphemistically disguised as pure research-the Cambridge Project no longer qualifies as pure research...
...Senate would like to keep them narrowed. Senators Mansfield, Gore, Symington, Cooper, and Percy have deplored the secrecy about U. S. activities in Laos. Though Laird denies the presence of combat troops there, he refuses to discuss the U. S. role or specify the nature of current military operations on the Plaine des Jarres. Should the facts prove otherwise, he faces possible censure from the Senate. A Congressional amendment to a current appropriations bill forbids the dispatch of ground forces to Laos or Thailand. (This amendment contradicts the bilateral military agreements made with Thailand...
Ironically, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution best illustrates the kind of consultation envisioned by SR 85-here the President asked for and received "affirmative action." Overlooking this, many Senators have exaggerated the import of SR 85. Mr. Mansfield called the resolution "one of all-Senate concern which goes to the nature of the constitutional responsibilities of this body." intimating that only a breakdown in the Constitution could allow Vietnam to occur. In fact, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution fulfilled all the constitutional niceties. By expressing the sense of Congress, it eliminated the need for a declaration...
...contrast, reaction at home was conspicuously sparse. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield expressed general approval of the message. Senator Eugene McCarthy attacked Vietnamization as unlikely to succeed, and undesirable even if it did. But neither McCarthy's criticism nor the lack of congressional comment can diminish the importance of the President's message...