Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...August, Ford came out ahead by eight percentage points. Today Carter would win 46% to 35% over his former opponent and carry all sections of the country. Carter would likewise beat Reagan, as he would have earlier this year; but perhaps because of his whirlwind tour on behalf of Republicans, Reagan is closing the gap. Those voters who call the tax-cut issue critical in their choice of candidates are less likely to support Carter over either Republican...
...election were held today, the Democrats would easily keep control of Congress: 37% say that they plan to vote Democratic and 21% Republican. Democrats lead in all regions of the country, especially the South. About as many Republicans as Democrats (6%) now plan to cross party lines, and there is a greater percentage of undecided Republican voters than Democrats. In fact, only 55% of registered Republicans are now prepared to say they will vote with their party...
Partisan political motives of the Senate's majority Democrats were apparent in their treatment of the Republicans' highly publicized Kemp-Roth amendment, which called for slashing income tax rates by 33% over the next three years. On a virtual party-line vote, the Senate two weeks ago killed Kemp-Roth, 60 to 36. But, with barely a blush, the Democrats last week rammed through an amendment introduced by Georgia Conservative Sam Nunn that could cut taxes $164.5 billion by 1983. The measure differed from Kemp-Roth by a provision that it go into effect only if specified decreases...
...things, he warned them that a tax bill would be vetoed if it contained, as the Nunn amendment did, "restraints" on future federal budgets. The committee bowed to the pressure and substantially watered down the measure. For a time, however, it seemed that Congressman Barber Conable, a New York Republican, might take the issue back to the House floor, where it had considerable backing...
Roll-call buzzers sounded repeatedly in both chambers. Aides gathered in corridors and hallways for hurried conferences with then-bosses. Pages scurried about, notifying Senators and Representatives of phone calls from powerful lobbyists, White House aides and even the President. Periodically, Democratic or Republican leaders rushed frantically onto the House and Senate floors to keep wavering supporters in line on key votes...