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Carter's victory in the Senate is only half the battle. The same issue comes up this week in the House, where the top leaders favor the embargo. Speaker Tip O'Neill has characterized his position on the issue as "up to the knees in cement." An Administration aide cautions: "It's winnable. But we don't have the votes...
...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...
...trait as this may be in many callings, it clearly can be a serious liability for a President who sometimes has no weapon but sheer intimidation to reconcile conflicting interests or to overcome congressional and bureaucratic opposition. It is partly this that has prompted Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill to complain in private lately about Carter's failure to understand the nature of the presidency...
...first public hint of the impending birth of a British test-tube baby came last spring not from London's Fleet Street but from, Manhattan's South Street, in the New York Post-After getting a tip that Britain's Dr. Patrick Steptoe was on the verge of success with an in vitro fertilization technique, Post Reporter Sharon Churcher placed an overseas call to Steptoe. He let it slip that a test-tube baby might soon be born, and Churcher broke the news on April...
...committee cleared eight other Congressmen of misconduct, including House Speaker Tip O'Neill and Majority Whip John Brademas. O'Neill allowed Park to throw two birthday parties for him at a cost of about $7,500; Brademas accepted $2,950. Nonetheless, the committee found that neither had violated any laws or House rules. The report wound up the House investigation for the most part, and the results seemed likely to gall Republican critics. The next step is for the committee to schedule a hearing tantamount to a trial. If the four Congressmen, who deny any wrongdoing, are found...