Word: tunneys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John V. Tunney (D-Calif.), who is up for reelection this fall, has been cited by potential challengers as exemplary of an incumbent who used franked newsletters for political advantage. Tunney last fall sent a newsletter to 1.3 million persons in California that contained three pictures of Tunney and more than 60 personal references to him in the text. At last fall's 10-cent postage rate, the cost to taxpayers for Tunney's mailing totaled...
...four-page newsletter mailed to his constituents last fall, California Democrat John V. Tunney used the words "I" or "the Senator" 25 times on the first page, 64 times in all. Among politicians, that is not excessive or unusual. But Republican Congressman Alphonzo Bell, who is running for Tunney's seat this year, complained to the Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct that the Senator was abusing his franking privilege to promote his reelection...
...growing number of Congressmen fear that U.S. involvement in Angola may be the first step toward another Viet Nam-style quagmire. Declared California Democrat John Tunney, leader of the Senate's fight to halt the aid though not noted for his expertise in foreign affairs: "For the past 30 years, we have given the military adventurists what they wanted and they have gone everywhere and done everything, getting us involved in everybody else's business from Asia to Latin America and now, so it seems, Africa." Republican Senator Charles Percy of Illinois complained that the U.S. was "getting...
After three days of debate, Tunney & Co. won, 54 to 22. The House vote will probably come next month. During the holiday recess, however, the Administration probably will try to come up with a compromise that will win enough votes to permit a limited U.S. involvement in Angola...
...break, Producer John Sharnick casually asked L.B.J. about changes in politics since he first went to Congress in 1937. "All you guys in the media. All of politics have changed because of you," Johnson shot back vehemently. "You've given us a new kind of people-Teddy, Tunney. No [political] machine could ever create a Teddy Kennedy. Only you guys...