Word: rodino
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least six antimerger bills are being prepared. Congressman Peter Rodino, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will hold hearings this week on legislation that would make hostile takeovers more difficult. The proposal would give outside directors on the target company's board power to block offers they consider unacceptable...
That possibility seems short-lived. The ink was barely dry on the court's decision when Democratic Congressman Peter Rodino of New Jersey introduced a bill to reverse it. In anticipation of the Bildisco ruling, Democratic Congressman Paul Simon of Illinois in early February submitted legislation to amend the National Labor Relations Act. "The court's decision was so total," said Captain Henry Duffy, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, "if this doesn't gear up organized labor for a massive blitz on Congress, nothing will...
...decision startled his own colleagues among the House leadership, who faulted him for failing to understand the substance of the bill and for buying the veto rumor without consulting them. Asked for an explanation, one leader simply rolled his eyes heavenward. Said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino, an old ally of the Speaker's: "The Attorney General always stated that they'd go along with the Senate bill. I've always read into what they said that a compromise would be acceptable." Indeed, Rodino had already started to negotiate a deal with Senate Sponsor Simpson...
...only in the most general terms. It gives a President greater leeway, and thus greater power. Most experts inside and outside the Government agreed with the Chief Justice that this was what the framers intended. "The genius of our system is that no act may go unchecked," said Peter Rodino of New Jersey, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. "I think [the decision] is right on target. It's been a long time coming...
...Peter Rodino, 73, Democratic Congressman from New Jersey who fairly and forcefully chaired House Judiciary Committee's impeachment proceedings. Now in his 17th term and favored for re-election in November, he still heads Judiciary Committee...