Word: moynihans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Closed-door briefings of the Senate and House intelligence committees by Administration officials on Friday did little to allay congressional skepticism about the White House policy toward Iran. "I can't believe what I heard, and I don't," said New York Democratic Senator Daniel Moynihan after a briefing by CIA Director William Casey. "It's hard to believe that such things are planned...
...Force's opinion did not deter the New York politicians from decrying the potential loss of 1,200 Long Island jobs and launching a "Save the T-46A" drive. The campaign climaxed in the Senate, where Republican Alphonse D'Amato and Democrat Daniel Moynihan teamed up to stage a 23 1/2-hr. filibuster in the closing days of the congressional session. They stalled passage of an omnibus spending bill long enough so that the Government began running out of funds and half a million federal workers had to be sent home. Their lost time cost taxpayers an estimated $62 million...
...like to disagree with Hatch on this point more than I do. But there's an element of truth beneath his commie paranoia. "The fact is," said Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.), "a crisis was gotten through with reasonable dignity." Weeeell...yeah, in a way. Nick Daniloff is home, prominent Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov and his wife are free, and the heads of the two superpowers will meet to discuss arms control...
...Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and a panel of experts agreed on September 4 that no new action on American poverty can be expected until a new political consensus acknowledging the role of individual behavior in perpetuating poverty emerges...
...Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and a panel of experts agreed on September 4 that no new action on American poverty can be expected until a new political consensus acknowledging the role of individual behavior in perpetuating poverty emerges...