Word: mcgoverns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senate narrowly rejected a similar motion in September, but some of those who opposed it at the time, most notably Senators George McGovern, Frank Church and Warren Magnuson, were absent from last week's session after their election defeats. Several other Senators, including Democrats Alan Cranston and John Glenn, switched their votes to favor the bill. This led to speculation that legislators are becoming reluctant to go on the record in favor of forced busing...
ACCORDING to "Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report," many Senate races were particularly riddled with local commercials slandering Democratic incumbents--especially those on the hit-list of NCPAC staged a specific media project, "Target '80," aimed at shooting down five liberal Democrats: George McGovern, Birch Bayh, John Culver '54, Alan Cranston and Frank Church. All but Cranston, whose opposition was weak, fell to the NCPAC firing squad. The commercials used by the independent committee may tell...
...post-election symposium held by ABC brought together three of the targeted senators, Bayh, Church and McGovern, with two of the most powerful rightist leaders in the country, Paul Weyrich of the Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress, and Falwell, president of the Moral Majority. Bayh took the opportunity to charge the Moral Majority with publishing propaganda stating that Bayh endorsed homosexuality and medical experimentation on aborted fetuses. Falwell denied the accusation...
...rejection, Calvin's ineffectual concern and Conrad's own self-criticism and guilt conspire to make the kid a wreck. But it's not all downhill; Conrad gets help from his psychiatrist (Hirsch), who adds some welcome humor, and a charming, slightly awkward girl from choir practice (Elizabeth McGovern...
...five seats in the Senate. They ended up with an eleven and possibly twelve-enough to give them control of the chamber for the first time since 1954. And victory was all the sweeter since the election toppled most of the Senate's leading Democratic liberals: George McGovern in South Dakota, Frank Church in Idaho, Birch Bayh in Indiana, John Culver in Iowa, Warren Magnuson in Washington, Gaylord Nelson in Wisconsin, and John Durkin in New Hampshire. Only a few liberals managed to keep their seats: California's Alan Cranston and Missouri's Thomas Eagleton won easily...