Word: neill
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...other Democrats seemed to agree. While only 46 voted for the Republican package in April, 73 crossed the line last week. G.O.P. defections were cut in half, to seven. Said Minority Leader Robert Michel: "It was a good win, and we're grateful for it." House Speaker Tip O'Neill, who led a vigorous campaign against the April bill, mounted only a halfhearted challenge this time. The President, he warned, "is not going to be happy until he has the Marines and the Rangers there and has a complete victory...
...week the House will vote on a $27 million package of humanitarian aid, but the proposal would bar the CIA or Pentagon from distributing the funds. The proposal is being opposed by the top Democratic leadership, and the vote is expected to be close. Charges House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "I'm trying to keep American troops out of Nicaragua...
...prime Rostenkowski target will be tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. Fairness is not his only motive. A chief defender of oil and gas interests in the House is Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas, who also happens to be ! Rostenkowski's main rival to succeed O'Neill when he steps down as Speaker after next year. To defeat the heavily favored Wright, Rostenkowski may try to paint him as the captive of fat cats...
Democratic leaders warned that the particulars of Reagan's proposal will have to "pass the fairness test," as House Speaker Tip O'Neill put it. Accusing the President of caving in to the special interests at the expense of middle- income voters, leading Democratic tax reformers like Richard Gephardt of Missouri have vowed to close loopholes for the wealthy left open by the President's plan...
...prime Rostenkowski target will be tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. Fairness is not his only motive. A chief defender of oil and gas interests in the House is Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas, who also happens to be Rostenkowski's main rival to succeed O'Neill when he steps down as Speaker after next year. To defeat the heavily favored Wright, Rostenkowski may try to paint him as the captive of fat cats...