Word: neill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan was even more persuasive in a personal lobbying effort, meeting with 30 Congressmen at the White House and telephoning 20 others, some from Air Force One as he sped west for a five-day vacation. Despite efforts by House Speaker Tip O'Neill, 51 Democrats deserted their party on the vote, providing a larger victory margin than many had expected. Said Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, the House Armed Services Committee chairman who surprised colleagues by switching to the Administration's side: "The negotiating track needs some military support. We need both sticks and carrots...
...Joseph Kennedy, the first in the newest generation of America's royal family to run for public office, is the hope of the Eighth Congressional District to recapture its past glory. President John F. Kennedy once held the seat and for more than three decades Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House, has represented the district. Joe Kennedy doesn't need any fancy commercials to create a persona; he was born with...
Sensing an issue ready for exploitation, House Democrats, led by Speaker Tip O'Neill, crafted a bill that would mandate retaliatory action against any major trading partner of the U.S. that achieves an "excessive trade surplus" through what are perceived as unfair means. Said White House Communications Director Patrick Buchanan: "It's definitely going to help some Democrats on a local basis...
...role of Harvard is not to throw money at the problem," O'Neill asserts. "While the University can collect data on the subject and influence policy-makers at the federal level, there is a greater role for individual volunteers who want to do something personally...
Responding to the suggestion that Harvard, the largest landowner in Cambridge, should donate land for a shelter, O'Neill says, "It's not clear that even if you had 50 shelters within walking distance of the grates that these guys would...