Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chosen party chairman, said Strauss, he would be scrupulously fair. Though he had argued against many of the McGovern reforms, he pledged that he would not try to repeal them. A caucus of Democratic Governors voted to endorse him, but McGovernites held out. Westwood offered to step down if Strauss did the same so that a compromise candidate could be accepted. Strauss's backers said that they would be delighted to have Westwood resign-but beyond that, no deal...
...religious clauses of Article 44 have long been an embarrassment to both church and state. All three parties in the Irish Dáil (Parliament) have favored their repeal for the past five years. Ireland's Catholic primate, William Cardinal Conway, has declared repeatedly that he "would not shed a tear" to see them go. Two months ago, Prime Minister Jack Lynch cautiously decided to put the question to the Irish people in a referendum...
...worried making predictions." State Representative Thomas H. D. Mahoney (D-Camb.) said yesterday, "but I don't foresee any chance (for a repeal)," he said. Mahoney supported the bill...
While the popular vote results are not binding, opponents of the bill said at the time that if the question were approved by a slim margin, they would propose a repeal during the 1973 session...
...intelligent person accepts the decision of the majority," McCann said, "and the majority has decided." McCann voted against the bill because he "thought it was moving too fast," but would not support a repeal...