Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...A.M.A., whose staunchly conservative leadership opposes what it considers Knowles' too-liberal medical philosophy, immediately presented three more candidates and backed its suggestions with political muscle. Last year the American Medical Political Action Committee contributed more than $2,600,000 to political candidates, most of them Republicans. Richard Nixon's campaign was one beneficiary. Illinois Republican Everett Dirksen, whose 1968 re-election campaign reportedly received $150,000, became the visible leader of the dump-Knowles drive...
...would be Finch's. On Tuesday, the White House agreed to go ahead with the nomination. Knowles later told a friend: "It was all signed, sealed and delivered." Then, unexpectedly, the opposition gained fresh strength and pressed with renewed vigor for the White House to withdraw Knowles. House Republican Leader Gerald Ford, who had been quietly opposing the appointment, and Texas Republican Senator John Tower reminded Nixon of the A.M.A. campaign contributions. Other Republicans echoed Ford's opinion that "there must be somebody less controversial who is equally qualified." It was also pointed out that this...
...strong was the feeling in the Senate, however, that the Administration contented itself with mere announcement of opposition. A watered-down Republican substitute never aroused much enthusiasm, and liberals and conservatives alike united to assert the power and independence of the Senate against the Executive...
...while not opposed to voting-law reform, felt that the Administration's bill was ill-timed. He argued that the existing law should be extended until a more comprehensive -and perhaps controversial-bill like the Administration's could be maneuvered through Congress. The committee's senior Republican, William McCulloch of Ohio, also favors a five-year extension of the 1965 act. So does the N.A.A.C.P.'s Mitchell, who described the Administration's proposal as a "sophisticated, calculated and incredible effort by the chief lawyer of the United States to make it impossible to exercise...
...days at Harvard interviewing students. Faculty and Administrators--also voiced strong support for what has come to be known as "university restructuring," to increase the responsiveness of universities to student concerns. The report, which was released just before hearings on the Erlenborn bill began, probably helped to swing some Republican Congressmen on the Green subcommittee against the bill...