Word: obstructionist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Capitol Hill, Powell would rate rock bottom on any list of Congressmen's Congressman. His absenteeism is monumental (last year's roll call attendance: 46%); he is noisy, obstructionist and, above all, ineffective. Last year, for example, he insisted on tacking a civil rights clause to the much-needed $1.5 billion school construction bill. Powell knew he could never get the rider approved; he also knew that his intransigeance would kill the bill-which would have helped Harlem's schoolchildren as much as anyone in the U.S. It turned out just that...
...Council of the Republic (upper house) has become a rival and obstructionist force against the Government. Primarily conservative, it offers nothing but delay and confusion to the Cabinet and the Assembly. Intended to be a "second thoughts" chamber, the Council has developed into a stumbling block for effective Government action...
Under these compelling terms, the job of leading the Senate Republicans is not one for a wire-pulling maneuverer, an obstructionist or, in the proud U.S. Senate, a White House errand...
...supporters of the new proposal must surely realize this. They must also realize that such an amendment, through an obstructionist interpretation, could become an embarrassing and serious impediment to the Executive's treaty-making powers. In this way, the Brickerites hope to accomplish what the 1954 draft attempted to do: to subject executive foreign dealings to increased review and restraint...
Moreover, Powers' voting record in the Senate on civic improvements can only be defined as obstructionist. As a senator, he opposed satisfactory state highway, city parking, and garbage disposal programs. Now he accuses Hynes of penny pinching. Finally, Powers' accusation of city corruption was refuted by the man he claimed had made the charge...