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Ullman's bill never stood a chance in the rambunctious 94th Congress. Bit by bit, all the tough provisions were softened in committee until the final bill resembled what White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen called a "marshmal-low." Liberals objected to the gasoline tax. Representatives from oil states did not like the windfall-profits tax. New Englanders protested the import quotas. Congressmen with ties to the auto companies and the United Auto Workers reduced the tax on big cars. Ullman's bill faced at least 100 amendments. Giving up, the House leadership put off consideration...
...newly elected Democratic members of the 94th Congress, I was the recipient of aid from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. My financial assistance was accompanied by a letter on committee stationery stating that it was being given through the efforts of the "Democratic leadership and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee." I was in no way coerced by anyone for my votes during the Democratic caucus, and I was one of the freshmen voting for some needed changes in Congress...
...Cracking. What the Democrats need above all is time, and Ford is reluctant to give it to them. Distracted by their sweeping reorganization at the opening of the 94th Congress, they have not been able to produce a coherent energy program of their own. Nor are future prospects very bright. Senator Henry Jackson was supposed to submit a seven-point program last week but, partly because he was recovering from an operation for kidney stones, he shelved it. The Democrats have not even succeeded in drawing up a general policy statement that would lay out possible energy options. Last week...
...94th Congress that assembled last week is sprinkled with bright new members who seem intent on embarking in new directions. Oddly enough, this promising shift is the result of last November's torpid election, in which only 38% of Americans of voting age cast ballots. That apathetic performance confirms a disillusionment with politicians that has been gathering for a long time...
...DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, representing the newly elected overwhelming Democratic majority in the House of Representatives, has given two indications in recent weeks that it is going to be a progressive force during the 94th Congress...