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...billion sale to Saudi Arabia of advanced military equipment, including five E-3A Sentries-computer-laden surveillance aircraft that carry Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS). Minority Leader Robert Michel told the President flatly that the deal is certain to be rejected by the House. Led by Republican Bob Packwood of Oregon and Democrat Henry Jackson of Washington, 50 Senators signed up as co-sponsors of a resolution disapproving the deal. Six other Senators were reportedly committed to vote against the sale, which can be blocked only if both houses disapprove...
...Begin's visit to the White House next week. Despite predictions by Senate Majority Leader Baker that the Senate, at least, will not vote to block the sale, a close fight looms. The outcome could depend on how strenuously Reagan personally joins the battle. Conceded Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon, a leading opponent of the sale: "If this is a no-holds-barred fight, I'm not saying...
...Nebraska Nevada Paul Laxalt-R New Hampshire Warren Rudman-R Hugh Gallen-D New Jersey New Mexico New York Alfonse D'Amato-R North Carolina Outcome Uncertain James Hunt Jr.-D North Dakota Mark Andrews-R Outcome Uncertain Ohio John Glenn-D Oklahoma Don Nickles-R Oregon Bob Packwood-R Pennsylvania Arlen Specter-R Rhode Island Jospeph Garrahy-D South Carolina Ernest Hollings-D South Dakota James Abdnor-R Tennessee Texas Utah Jake Garn-R Scott Matheson-D Vermont Outcome Uncertain Richard Snelling-R Virginia Washington Slade Gorton-R John Spellman-R West Virginia Jay Rockfeller-D Wisconsin Outcome Uncertain...
...York 41 Elizabeth Holtzman Alfonse D'Amato* North Carolina 13 Robert Morgan John East James Hunt Jr. Beverly Lake Jr. North Dakota 3 Kent Johanneson Mark Andrews Arthur Link Allen Olson Ohio 25 John Glenn James Betts Oklahoma 8 Andy Coats Don Nickles Oregon 6 Ted Kulongoski Bob Packwood Pennsylvania 27 Pete Flaherty Arlen Specter Rhode Island 4 Joseph Garrahy Vincent Cianci South Carolina 8 Emest Hollings Marshall Mays South Dakota 4 George McGovern James Abdnor Tennessee 10 Texas 26 Utah 4 Daniel Berman Jake Gam Scott Matheson Bob Wright Vermont 3 Patrick Leahy Stewart Ledbetter Jerome Diamond Richard Snelling...
...Economists, declared: "I think the President has made a complete reversal of his economic policy, for the better. He has gone from three years of greatly excessive budget deficits and excessive money supply expansion to a conservative regime of budget balancing and limited credit growth." Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon commented with ironic approval: "It seems that the President has learned more about inflation in the last ten days than he had in his first three years in office...