Word: whips
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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JOHN McFALL, 58, of California, a respected but quiet legislator who for four years has been the majority whip, a post that would normally put him in line for the leader's job. Though O'Neill probably favors McFall, an easy man to get along with, the Californian's prospects have been seriously damaged by news that he received $4,000 from Tongsun Park, a South Korean businessman...
...Senate, the Democratic battle for majority leader is of immense importance to the Carter program. The majority leader usually sets the tone and acts as spokesman for Senate Democrats. Leading in this race is Senate Whip Robert Byrd, 58, of West Virginia, a conservative turned moderate. A skillful technician who has parceled out many favors in his six years of running the day-to-day operations of the Senate, Byrd is thought to have 29 votes already lined up-three shy of a majority of the 62 Democrats in the upper chamber...
...opposition. It's the worst thing you can do." Muskie agreed with Tip. But Carter would not yield entirely. Said he: "I'm interested in meeting with Rhodes, Anderson and Michel [respectively, the House minority leader, the head of the House Republican Conference and the minority whip...
...only recently requested it in its official investigation of the Korea-Congress nexus. The investigation has revealed that American congressmen and assorted other government officials, including a state governor, accepted money and gifts from Park and his associates. Several of the contributions, including the one made to House Majority Whip John F. McFall, have not been in the form of campaign contributions, but have been donations obviously intended for personal use. Many of the transactions have occurred in cash and have thus been difficult to trace...
...scandal involving money gifts to U.S. Congressmen by South Korean Businessman Tongsun Park has claimed a casualty: California Democrat John J. McFall. As the current House majority whip, McFall, 58, was a long shot to become majority leader in January. But earlier this month he admitted a charge that an aide had denied before Election Day-namely, that he had received $3,000 from Park in $100 bills in 1974. McFall said that the gift was unsolicited and that he had put it into his congressional office account to buy supplies. Said he: "I don't know what...