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...White House spokesman called the letter "unfortunate" and "not the President's viewpoint," while Ronald Reagan himself made excuses for his impolitic Secretary at a midweek press conference. The obligatory resolution denouncing Watt was introduced by twelve Democratic Senators, including New York's Daniel Moynihan, who described the letter as "bareknuckled bigotry...
...Government's ability to serve as a balance wheel for the nation's economy would be crippled by the amendment. "We've been struggling to control the business cycle for 150 years, and we're finally getting better at it," says Senator Daniel Moynihan of New York. "In the 15 years ending in 1975, our per capita gross national product after inflation doubled. We were able to do it because we had the flexibility to iron out the inevitable wrinkles in the business cycle. The amendment would destroy that ability and subject us again...
Others who have spoken in recent years include West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Sen Daniel P. Moynihan (D.N.Y.) and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance...
...heads the House Select Committee on Aging, wondered if television cameras would be required to leave the meeting after ten minutes. "Absolutely not," said Economist Alan Greenspan, the commission's chairman. The TV crews could stay as long as they liked. Meanwhile, Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York was incensed about the entire proceedings. Heinz's proposal was fine for the future, he said, but "we are facing a crisis of the present." Since the Senate Budget Committee "ordered this commission to cut $40 billion," Moynihan complained, "we've been told in advance what...
...gratifying reception for a President who has not heard a lot of applause lately. But elsewhere his plan is sure to provoke as many boos as cheers. Republican Bob Packwood of Oregon and Democrat Daniel Moynihan of New York introduced a tuition tax credit bill in the Senate in 1977, and a bitter debate has been raging ever since. Indeed, even as Reagan basked in last week's cheers, opponents of the program were mobilizing...