Word: nader
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often do Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader and the liberal lobbying group Common Cause find themselves on the same side of an issue with the major oil companies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the leadership of the Republican Party. But last week just such a formidable, if unlikely coalition sank the Energy Transportation Security Act of 1977, better known as the cargo preference bill. In a confused and acrimonious vote, the House of Representatives defeated the bill, 257 to 165. In so doing, the legislators rejected both Jimmy Carter's endorsement of the measure and a campaign...
...idea that Carter can be pushed is currently a part of the attack plan of every special-interest group in Washington: the blacks, the women, George Meany, Ralph Nader. There is the feeling that nobody is really in charge, and now is the time to strike...
...case reply to the man who would soon take over the Korean bribery inquiries in the House, Nader said. "It's intellectually shoddy, if not disgraceful to his presumed stature in the legal profession to let the business people use his reputation without exposing him to cross-examination. He got the benefit without being there to testify." Jaworski refused to say wh the Business Roundtable paid him to write the letter...
Green says the Nader organization's unprecedented grassroots campaign is not only a crucial test for the future of the consumer movement, but also "a harbinger of things to come for Public Citizen...
Although everyone seems to agree that Ralph Nader will stick around Washington even if he loses this battle, big-business is hoping that if they can defeat the consumer coalition here. Nader will see his public support and media exposure evaporate--possibly even ending this current wave of consumer activism in America...