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When President Carter nominated Breyer in 1980, Breyer's selection was supported by senators ranging from conservative Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) to liberal Kennedy, for whom Breyer once worked...
...Representative-elect Bob Inglis (R-S.C.),the agenda and non-taxpayer budget of thefoundation's conference made the decision easyenough. "My whole campaign has been based onreform. If the IOP conference has been going onfor a while, then it hasn't changed anything...
...This is not a crime bill, it's a pro-criminal bill," said Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) who repeatedly objected during the three-hour conference to procedures Democrats used for considering various provisions...
...Jesse Helms (R-S.C.) won his re-election bid with a commercial that depicted the hands of a white man crumpling a job rejection letter. The not-so-subtle implication is that Harvey Gantt, Helms's Black challenger, would destroy the hopes of the honest white man by giving jobs to less-qualified minorities...
Democrats hold a 55-45 majority. An AssociatedPress tally showed 44 Democrats and Sen. LarryPressler (R-S.D.) either solidly opposed orleaning in opposition, and 40 Republicans eithersolidly for Tower or leaning in favor of thenomination...