Word: republicans
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...billion for a nuclear aircraft carrier. Carter maintained that the carrier was too expensive, and that the money would be better spent on strengthening NATO forces. Conservative Congressmen disagreed, arguing that Carter was mostly concerned with building a tough-guy reputation by vetoing the measure. Charged New York Republican Jack Kemp: "The President's image guy, Gerald Rafshoon, has been running this...
Apart from the merits of the issue, a number of Senators were irritated by the Administration's tactics in getting the compromise approved. Specifically, Senator James McClure, an Idaho Republican, signed the conference report only after Energy Secretary James Schlesinger promised him that the Administration would support a $1.5 billion appropriation for the development of a fast breeder reactor on which most of the research would be done in Idaho. That deal angered Tennessee Senators Howard Baker and James Sasser, who support the Clinch River breeder reactor in their state-a project Carter has opposed. Oregon's Mark...
...help out local Republican candidates, Richard and Pat Nixon threw a $250-a-person fund-raising party at La Casa Pacifica, which brought in about $100,000. Nixon reminisced about his memories of Orange County-the time he proposed to Pat at Dana Point and the days when he practiced law at La Habra. One of the most exuberant guests was John Wayne. Greeting the Missus with a bow and a kiss on the hand, the Duke said, "It's great to see Pat up and around and looking happy." As for her husband, the Duke enthused...
Certainly Derry is far from free of its ancient demons. Protestants still take to the streets every Aug. 12 to celebrate the lifting of the Derry siege, and Irish Republican Army guerrilla activity continues sporadically. But Derry residents are proud of their progress and believe it relevant?to some degree, at least?to the rest of the troubled province, "Derry is a microcosm; Derry is what the whole thing is about," says John Hume, 41, a founding member of the Catholic majority party. "What we want to show is that the boot is not on the other foot?that whatever...
...vows that labor's political support in this fall's mid-term elections will be determined by how legislators voted on the labor-reform bill, rather than going blindly to Democrats. For example, in Illinois the AFL-CIO for the first time will aid the re-election campaign of Republican Senator Charles Percy, who voted to end a filibuster against the measure. However, Kirkland has followed Meany's line so loyally so long that even his AFL-CIO colleagues are uncertain whether he has any ideas...