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...after only four showings, caused dissension within Washington's already fragmented campaign staff. But the candidate was unfazed. With rising adrenaline, he spent 16-hr. days stumping in white, black and Hispanic areas, assailing the "greed merchants" who feed off the city's patronage trough. Through it all he remained upbeat. What had he learned about himself? "I have infinitely more patience than I thought...
...Democrats sought to turn the legislation into a March Christmas tree. The House Appropriations Committee, while drafting the bill, tacked on a $110 million assortment of mass-transit projects for committee members' districts that gave Republicans plenty to complain about. "This bill is frenzied feeding at the public trough," fumed Republican Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. But Democrat-sponsored floor amendments ultimately struck the offending provision, substituted $171 million in mass-transit aid, and required that $1.8 billion of the final bill be spent in the nation's deepest pockets of unemployment...
...threat of filibuster to block a host of self-serving bills of the kind that special interests try to sneak through at the end of a hectic session. As Rhode Island Republican John Chafee graphically described the process: "You can almost hear the hogs moving up to the trough-slurp, slurp, slurp." Among them were bills that would weaken regulation of beer distributors, doctors and lawyers, and the National Football League. None passed...
...modest oil glut developed in the past year, however, the price of Oklahoma crude started slumping, from a peak of $38 per bbl. to a trough of about $32. Penn Square's once attractive loans suddenly became big burdens for borrowers increasingly unable to repay...
...President is even more confident than his advisers are that he can ride out the storm, that the economy will turn up and that developments abroad will break in favor of the White House. Says one aide: "Of course we're in a trough right now, but we will come out of it." Meanwhile, Reagan's response to the rising doubts is primarily a marked shift in rhetoric, accompanied by some token measures. Gone, at least for the moment, are the taunting attacks on critics of his defense and budget policies, with which the President peppered his speeches...