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...McEwen of Ohio told House Speaker Tip O'Neill in the heat of the debate. "You steal them." McEwen's remark was only one of the unseemly recriminations flung by House Republicans at their Democratic colleagues during the turbulent week. A relatively mild comment came from Minority Leader Robert Michel when ! he said the Democratic majority had "run roughshod" over the Republicans. Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas scoffed at the confrontational Republican theatrics, labeling performances like McEwen's "synthetic fury...
...Republican proposal similar to the one adopted in the Senate. The Democratic measure passed its initial vote, 219 to 206. Republicans tried desperately to supplant it with their Administration-approved compromise, and they almost succeeded. When the final tally showed 215 against to 213 for, Minority Leader Robert Michel slammed the back of a chair in disgust; 14 of his Republicans had defected. Said Michel: "We could have won it on our side...
...extreme reaction of the Republicans reflects a growing frustration among the party's Young Turks with the Democratic rule of the House--and with Republican Leader Robert Michel's collegial approach. The full House is scheduled to vote this week on a move to seat McCloskey. Republicans plan to offer a motion to declare the seat vacant. If that fails, McCloskey will begin his second term--and the unseemly war will probably continue...
Republicans swatted their House leader Robert Michel for being defeatist on contra aid. Reagan bashed Congress for "surrendering" to Communists. USIA Director Charles Wick, a close Reagan friend, zapped his old buddy for wanting to lay a wreath at the Bitburg cemetery. Jewish groups continued to denounce his German itinerary. Reagan has been a great booster of the military, but that did not stop the American Legion from getting in some licks about Bitburg...
...Mitterrand's government, has provoked feelings that are anything but harmonious. "Shameful," declared Jacques Chirac, the mayor of Paris and leader of the right-leaning neo-Gaullists. A volley from the left came only 13 hours after the announcement of the plan, when the highly popular Minister of Agriculture, Michel Rocard, a Socialist and longtime Mitterrand rival, resigned in protest...