Word: railsback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elected to the House were Democrats Les Aspin of Wisconsin, Ronald Dellums of California, Elizabeth Holtzman and Charles Rangel of New York and Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, along with Republicans Jack Kemp of New York, Tom Railsback of Illinois and William Steiger of Wisconsin. Minnesota Democrat Martin Sabo was elected to the House...
...first grandchild. Loren's work in Montreal involved family matters of a different kind. In Angela, a modern version of the Greek tragedy Oedipus at Colonus, she plays a restaurant waitress who loses her infant son to Mafia kidnapers. Years later, the long-lost lad, played by Steve Railsback, 30, accidentally meets up with Mom and, presto, some Oedipal complexities develop. Sophia can only hope she will avoid such problems in her next movie, The Great Day. She is cast as the mother...
Rockefeller may have a rougher time with the more obstreperous House Judiciary Committee. Some of its liberal Democrats are "laying for him," noted a committee member. "It's hyper-suspicion," says G.O.P. Representative Thomas F. Railsback. But House Speaker Carl Albert declared that it is "important" for Congress to act on the nomination before adjournment, and if it does, that act is likely to be one of confirmation...
...midst of the Watergate imbroglio. But estimates of losses, which ran as high as 80 or 100, have been scaled back down to 20 or 30. Among those favored by Nixon's resignation are the Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee who voted for impeachment-like Railsback of Illinois and Butler of Virginia. Nixon defenders like Sandman and Maraziti, both of New Jersey, who switched after Nixon's confessional tapes were released on Aug. 5, have similarly been protected from adverse conservative Republican fallout by the ex-President's resignation...
...debate revealed that at least eight hawkish members of Congress had been advised confidentially of the bombing. "How foolish we would be to impeach this President for that particular incident when the whole South Vietnamese involvement was one series of mistakes, one right after the other," declared Republican Railsback...