Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...medicare, grants for school construction and expansion of area redevelopment were blocked, Democratic leaders expect to be able to deliver some 220 votes (218 is a majority) with certainty in the new House. In their victory euphoria, some even foresee a runaway House that might embark on congressional reform and propose welfare legislation on its own-thus proving to be even too liberal for Johnson's taste...
...formulation of legislative decisions and national goals. This year's civil rights bill was substantially improved by Republican participation in the debate, and even under Taft conservatism contributed materially to housing legislation and bipartisan foreign policy. Constructive criticism during the new Johnson administration--in such areas as tax reform, education legislation, and defense policy. Constructive criticism during the new Johnson administration--in such areas as tax reform, education legislation, and defense policies--will be consistent with the tradition of an effective minority party, and will demonstrate how destructive the Goldwater uprising might have been...
...Kennedy's plurality, although more impressive than many predicted, hardly represents a mandate for dominance; for he ran 1,700,000 votes behind Johnson and behind most Senate and Assembly candidates. In addition, he received only tepid support from labor and less than that from New York City's reform movement...
Fallen Wall. But Bacon's breakthrough happened only by chance?or at least by the kind of chance that only total preparation makes into a real breakthrough. The 1952 election installed a new, reform-minded mayor, Democrat Joseph Clark, and a new city charter, in which the planning commission was given real authority. A few months later came an announcement from the Pennsylvania Railroad that it had at last decided to tear down the inner city's historic eyesore: the old Broad Street station and the mile-long stretch of elevated tracks behind it that had been known...
There are some bright spots, as there inevitably must be, even in a Massachusetts election. Ted Kennedy's tremendous victory coupled with Bellotti's defeat insures the Senator control over the party apparatus, and the continuation of his policy of reform begun by the appointment of Democratic state chairman Gerry Doherty. Kennedy has been trying to build up a liberal party organization that can work for candidates in the primary, and unify the various personal followings that make up the party. Bellotti's defeat after his divisive primary victory, should tend to strengthen the convention system and discourage primary races...