Word: moynihans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another concern for the up and coming Democrats is a broad-based welfare reform. Here they follow the lead of a prototypical neoliberal, New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. From his days in the early 1970s as a domestic affairs aide to Nixon, Moynihan has proposed that the chaotic assortment of public assistance programs be replaced with a guaranteed annual income--a "negative income tax" payment according to need...
...something like an armed camp" (shots of snipers on the White House roof). Usually Brinkley's panel of journalists-now reduced to a manageable three-interview the guest, then discuss the news among themselves. In place of the distant Gaddafi, they now turned to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, acting Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Commitee, who came on strong: "Right off, David, the President of the United States is not a liar. The dictator of Libya is a liar." There was "concrete evidence" that since 1977 Gaddafi "targeted" U.S. officials. "He's a dictator...
...that officials avoid actions that "might result in or create the appearance of using public office for private gain." Says CIA General Counsel Stanley Sporkin: "There is no requirement that I know of for Casey to put his holdings in a blind trust." New York Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan offered a more backhanded defense, scoffing: "I would like to think that you could make a killing in the stock market just having the information the CIA does, but they know about as much as Forbes magazine knows...
...target for Democrats on Capitol Hill. Observed Leon Panetta, a key Democrat on the House Budget Committee: "He was knowledgeable. But now the first question will be: 'Is this just what you're saying, or do you really believe it?' " Insisted New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "It was not just an error of good intentions, it was an error of deception." Contended Democratic House Floor Leader James Wright: "Apparently he had the President mesmerized to pursue a course that he, Stockman, knew was not right...
...political considerations have inevitably snuck into the proceedings. Kennedy and former Vice President Walter F. Mondale were each allowed two members on the 69-member commission. Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio) has a personal aide on the advisory committee, and Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) and Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.) are both on the mailing list...