Word: parliamentarians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Federal Funds. After a flurry of amendments and confusing votes, the situation in the Senate had become a parliamentarian's nightmare. But the key result was that the antibusing forces had passed, 43 to 40, an amendment sponsored by Michigan Republican Robert Griffin, which so directly challenges the authority of the courts that even he concedes that it is probably unconstitutional. Yet Griffin, who is up for re-election and whose state is aroused over busing orders in some of its major cities, said his aim was to influence the Supreme Court as it hears appeals against busing plans...
...Only Nebraska's Roman Hruska voiced objections, but he said he would not be the only one to stand in their way. Cranston, a former lobbyist on Capitol Hill, talked to every Democrat and secured the backing of the Senate's most respected parliamentarian, Georgia's Richard Russell. When the new Congress convenes, the Senate will give the procedural reforms a thorough trial. Among them...