Word: democraticized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ornstein believes that the majority of this Congress, having come to their positions in a political decade marked by corruption and cynicism at the top, often look down the Hill when Carter speaks and instinctively declare themselves against the President unless he can prove them wrong. Deliberation, debate and even...
Thus, in a show of defiance toward outsiders who have criticized one of their own, citizens of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and the Wilkes-Barre Lions Club last week honored Democratic Congressman Daniel J. Flood as their "Citizen of the Year." Not mentioned, of course, during the long evening of affectionate...
Congress fears a tax revolt courageous act," declared Jimmy Carter last December when Congress voted to hike Social Security taxes by $227 billion over the next ten years, the largest peacetime tax increase in U.S. history. Said House Speaker Tip O'Neill approvingly. "If I've ever seen...
Since then, angry constituents have deluged Congressmen and Senators with phone calls and mail, and now the legislators' courage is running out, particularly among those up for re-election this fall. Last week, in a sudden about-face, the House Speaker became the leader of the retreat. Observed a...
He said President Carter has been represented as a weak president because he has permitted too much dialogue and has tried to be "too democratic."