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...past five Speakers of the House have come from Massachusetts-Joe Martin (1947-49, 1953-55), John McCormack (1962-71) and O'Neill (since 1977)-and all have been true to their heritage. "It's kind of like crop rotation," said Massachusetts Democratic Congressman James Shannon. "When Martin and McCormack were here, they made sure that Massachusetts members got on good committees. Now Tip is doing the same thing with...
...avalanche of mail followed. The Senate Finance Committee alone is getting 100,000 pieces a month. Says House Democrat Jim Shannon, a member of the Ways and Means Committee: "I can't think of an issue where the volume of mail was so great, or the misinformation so outrageous. It's crazy." Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, who is in the uncomfortable position of having opposed withholding when he was chairman of Merrill Lynch, was booed lustily last month for defending it at a Washington meeting of the Credit Union National Association...
NASA's 1984 budget tentatively is over 5900 million, a hike of over 10 percent. Although that figure exceeds the expected 5 percent inflation rate, Shannon pointed out that much of that increase would go towards maintenance costs rather than research...
...budget proposals call for a general increase in funding for space science, but the allocations fail to keep up with inflation and therefore do not compensate for past declines according to Gerry Shannon, the Group's government hasion...
...University has played a "central role" in both organizing the Group and developing testimony for the hearing, Shannon said...