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There were more specific indications that both sides had read the danger signals correctly and decided to shift their diplomacy into a lower key. At midweek Vance received Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin at the State Department for an unannounced and fruitful meeting. Later, Carter disclosed that he had received personal assurances from Brezhnev that the Soviet Union was as serious as the U.S. in its pursuit of a new agreement. Then, in a statement that was both conciliatory in tone and extraordinary in concept, Carter declared that if the Soviets gave him evidence that the U.S. proposals presented at Moscow...
...which Labor whips ordered their members to abstain from voting on a Labor-proposed motion-which led to a resounding 293-to-0 defeat for the government. Following that odd display of parliamentary tactics, Tory Leader Margaret Thatcher demanded a vote of no confidence, which will be taken at midweek. If the government loses, Callaghan will have no choice but to ask the Queen to dissolve the House and call for new elections within weeks...
...Administration's much-beleaguered tax-cutting plans survived perhaps their toughest test last week in the Senate Finance Committee and emerged reasonably intact. They were saved not by the President but by Committee Chairman Russell Long of Louisiana, who drew on all his parliamentary skill. Fresh from a midweek lunch of bacon-and-tomato sandwiches with Carter at the White House, Long trotted Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Charles Schultze before the committee for an unusual second appearance to argue for the Administration's $50 tax rebate. In the end, the committee voted to keep the rebate, restore...
...vote came only a few hours after a Carter blast at Senate opponents of Warnke; at his midweek press conference, the President accused them of being rigid hawks who simply "don't want to see a substantial reduction in nuclear weapons." Warnke's opponents quickly-and plausibly-characterized the close vote on the SALT job as a warning to Carter (and Moscow) that any arms agreement unacceptable to congressional hard-liners may face difficulty in the Senate, where a two-thirds vote is required for ratification...
...work force routinely call in sick on Monday or Friday, using the day as a bridge to prolong the weekend to four days. This year, adept bridgers have been able to take off an extra 20 days with no loss in pay. But next year, with at most two midweek holidays on the fiesta calendar, bridging is doomed...