Word: tip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Republican backbenchers started chanting: "Tip! Tip! Tip! Tip!" They were daring Speaker of the House Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill to break the tie and rescue the President, his fellow Democrat. But O'Neill remained silent, doing nothing. Not only was he deeply committed to the embargo but also he was furious at the Administration for the dismissal of his old friend, Robert T. Griffin, from the General Services Administration. Other Democratic leaders, however, were frantically mobilizing support-for opposite sides. Indiana's John Brademas, the Democratic whip and a leader of the pro-Greek lobby, was fighting...
...When Tip O'Neill gets mad, things start to happen
...including 14 that pursue the special interests of the elderly and six that deal with air pollution. Even the Virgin Islands Gift Fashion Shop Association has a lobbyist. Large staffs are maintained by such broader public interest groups as Common Cause and the Ralph Nader organization. Grumbles House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "Everybody in America has a lobby...
...When L.B.J. promised Tip O'Neill to keep the Boston Naval Shipyard open in return for a favorable vote, the Massachusetts Congressman was pleased. Yet when Carter implied similar home-state favors to a few Senators on the Panama Canal treaties, they complained loudly about unfair presidential arm twisting...
...Solomon, 56, a former land developer, has tightened supervision and procedures. But he says that further efforts at reform were hampered because many employees assumed that, as had been the case for years, real administrative power lay with Solomon's deputy, Robert Griffin, a close friend of House Speaker Tip O'Neill...