Word: slade
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hearings held by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Exxon Chairman L.G. Rawl faced a merciless grilling. Rawl said once again that the company is taking full responsibility for the spill and will pay cleanup costs, but the Senators were not satisfied. Slade Gorton, a Republican from Washington, pointed out to Rawl that when Japanese companies cause serious accidents, their executives often resign in remorse. "I suggest that the disaster your company caused calls for that sort of response," said Gorton. Replied Rawl: "A lot of Japanese kill themselves also, and I refuse to do that...
...financed his campaign primarily out of his own pockets, will probably get the nod to replace Sen. William Proxmire in Wisconsin. The other two races--between Rep. Connie Mack III (R) and Rep. Buddy MacKay (D) in Florida and between Rep. Mike Lowry (D) and former Sen. Slade Gorton (R) in Washington--are too close to call...
WASHINGTON. Defeated in his re-election bid two years ago, Republican Slade Gorton believed his political career was over. Reincarnation took place when Republican Dan Evans decided to retire. Ousted because he paid little attention to constituents and traded his vote on a controversial judicial nomination, Gorton this year has been conducting "listening tours" of the state. His chances benefited from an expensive primary battle won by Democratic Representative Mike Lowry, who was promptly hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer...
...incumbent, Slade Gorton of Washington, probably wished Reagan had stayed home. When the President visited Washington in October, Gorton was already suffering from bad publicity resulting from his agreement to trade his vote for a favor from the Justice Department in the Dan Manion appointment hearings...
...kind of deal, of compromise, that legislators make all the time. What was unusual was that old honest Slade ackowledged that he had done it. It was his admitting to the deal rather than making it that seemed to do him in. If he had simply said there was no deal, it undoubtedly would have been less of a problem...