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...killing of the whales might have been expected to provoke a quick response from the U.S. The Packwood-Magnuson amendment to the 1976 Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires Washington to punish those countries that "diminish the effectiveness" of the international convention for the regulation of whaling. It can do this by curtailing their fishing rights and slashing by 50% the amount of fish they are allowed to take from American territorial waters. Such sanctions would have little impact on countries that do their fishing close to home. But they would have an enormous effect on the fish-eating Japanese...
...stop all financial aid to any institution that discriminates in any manner. The Senate voted 92 to 4 to break a filibuster by Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah against the bill. Hatch then threatened to offer 1,000-odd amendments and demand a vote on each. Oregon Republican Bob Packwood, a prime shaper of the civil rights bill, reluctantly moved to kill his own legislation and clear the decks for the continuing resolution. The Senate agreed...
...contributors to the New Right causes are religious fundamentalists. In 1980 many observers thought that the Moral Majority and other born-again groups with political ambitions Shad amassed enough power to enact their moral agenda. But their legislating crusade was thwarted by filibusters by Weicker and Oregon Senator Bob Packwood, the Administration's own emphasis on fiscal issues, and bickering among the various antiabortion advocates. While not a dominant force within the party, the fundamentalists are a strong pressure on its far-right flank...
Opponents of the ruling hope to fight the decision in Congress, Sen Robert W. Packwood (R-Ore.) introduced a bill in the Senate yesterday alming to restore a broad interpretation of Title IX Rep Claudine Schneider (R-R.I.) plans to sponsor a similar bill in the House of Representatives...
...lines. The monthly access charge would start at $2 and could rise to $6 or $7 by 1989. Businesses would pay $6 at the beginning. But the proposal is running into trouble. Legislation proposed by Colorado's Democratic Congressman Timothy Wirth and Oregon's Republican Senator Bob Packwood would eliminate the charge to private individuals and small businessmen and shift it back to AT&T and other long-distance phone companies. Theodore Brophy, chairman of GTE, calls the access charge "an unmanageable economic burden on those who make minimum use of long-distance service...