Word: mx
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kampelman, a politically savvy Democrat, endured his negotiator-turned- lobbyis t status without complaint. He shuttled between 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Capitol Hill, met privately with House Speaker Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts, an MX opponent, and coordinated strategy with Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois over a tuna-fish sandwich. He lectured House members on the folly of giving away bargaining tools to the Soviets: "As they enjoy the apple that falls from the tree that they did not have to pay for, they quite understandably wonder what other fruit will fall from that tree that they...
...Hill. "One gets the impression," wrote Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to a West German peace group, ". . . that they need these (arms) talks as a screen for carrying through their military programs. Appropriations of millions of dollars are being pushed through for the manufacture of new batches of first- strike MX missiles...
White House aides hailed the latest MX vote as a signal success. A loss, they said, would have put a dent into Reagan's mandate and given Congress a psychological edge in the months ahead. For their part, the lawmakers insist that the MX vote will not put them at a disadvantage in coming battles. Said Democrat Leon Panetta of California: "By putting that much emphasis on this issue, the Administration undermined others. This may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for them...
Somewhat paradoxically, one area where the Administration could be vulnerable is on the MX. Later this year Congress will be asked to approve $4 billion for 48 more MX missiles as part of Reagan's fiscal-1986 defense budget. After the House vote, several prominent Democratic Senators announced a plan to cap the number of MX missiles in the silos at 40. This would more than halve the Administration's requested allotment...
...that they are in deep trouble in their drive to persuade Congress to provide $14 million in aid to the Nicaraguan contras. Their script calls for the President to go all out for the contras, whom he has dubbed freedom fighters, in the same way he did for the MX. "It's tough," said one aide. Then referring to the MX vote, he added, "But so was this. Go back and look where we were ten weeks ago on this...