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...Discrimination is just as wrong in Congress as it is anywhere else." That statement from California Democrat Leon Panetta may seem obvious, but it has taken the House almost a quarter-century to accept it. In legislating the 1964 Civil Rights Act and all other laws imposing obligations on employers, Congress made itself exempt. Why? Some members lamely asserted that, well, Congress is "different." Others offered a legalistic excuse: having an executive agency regulate its employment practices would violate the separation of powers...
...political queasiness over Social Security was one of the few things that were truly bipartisan. "Ninety percent of us think something's got to be done," said one participant. "But nobody wanted to get mowed down first." Finally California Democratic Congressman Leon Panetta last week presented a proposal that included a three-month freeze on COLAs for all Government pensions and Social Security recipients. Though Senate Republicans liked the idea, their Democratic colleagues balked. "There was no stomach among Democrats for cutting Social Security," said an aide. "The view was 'It looks easy, but it's bad policy...
...ideas being discussed," said Rep. Leon Panetta (D-Cal.). Asked who proposed it, he said, "It's bipartisan...
...support for the rebels. But lawmakers now admit that any new aid package must be considered apart from the scandal. "With North's testimony, there's obviously a mood in Congress that the issue of contra aid needs to be handled on its merits," admits California Democrat Leon Panetta, a contra opponent...
...Meanwhile the compulsions to repent and punish sin remain just beneath the skin, erupting like fever blisters in times of stress and producing a rash of reforms. Inevitably the compulsions tend to disappear as quickly as they surface, leaving the root causes of trouble intact. As Democratic Congressman Leon Panetta of California puts it, "There comes a backlash to these reforms." Thus, after the Watergate scandal of the early '70s, both the Government and the people turned back to business as usual, somewhat relieved to let the country run itself again -- as many feel it should...