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Last week Marks, 55, who has a reputation as a responsible and intelligent member of the House, tried to shake that guilt. In a rambling but barbed half-hour address to a nearly empty chamber, he bitingly assailed Reaganomics. "Mr. Speaker," he said to Democrat Tip O'Neill, who listened with unusual attentiveness, "the time has come to stop this massacre. . . The time is now to call out to thinking women and men everywhere to raise their voices against this murderous mandate that is being carried...
Their lunch, with the usual guests, ordinarily costs $100, including tip Who pays for this lunch? Once a week Arden says. "I'll get the bill." Once a week Jo says, "I'll pick up the tab, it's on me." But who actually pays for their lunch? Arden's real estate firm? Jo's bank? The prospective buyer or hefty depositor...
...Democratic House, Jones' strategy is to propose his own budget, but not before April. Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois is trying to get "a better feel on the nuts and bolts" before approaching Speaker Tip O'Neill on a bipartisan package. As the budget hearings unfold, Michel may attempt to stage "test votes" to find out just where the members stand, both for his own benefit and that of Administration strategists. In the Senate, the Democrats have no game plan yet, but their leaders intend eventually to hammer out an alternative. "We want to save the country...
Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker promised to seek a congressional vote this year on the federalism proposals. House Speaker Tip O'Neill, while expressing considerable skepticism, nevertheless pledged that Democrats would not try to bury federalism. In a talk to the Governors, he complained that Reagan had passed his tax and budget slashes in "a great rookie year" in 1981, mainly by maneuvering members of Congress into voting simply for or against the President. Vowed O'Neill: "This country will not make the same drastic mistake this year with New Federalism and the budget. The American people will...
...enough to be truly funny. Interestingly, there are several nice, quirky moments of domestic comedy involving the protagonist, his grandfather and his live-in lady in an innocent but funny menage a trois. The old gent is played by the great director King Vidor, who may have given a tip or two, since these scenes indicate that were Toback to rein in .his ambitions, he might have a gift for conscious, rather than unconscious, comedy of an interestingly eccentric kind...