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The Human Life Amendment, sponsored by Jessee Helms (R.N.C.), would guarantee that "the right to life is vested in each human being from the moment of fertilization"--prohibiting artificial contraception--and would nullify the 1973 Supreme Court decision that upheld abortion rights.
Last year, the Viguerie Company dispatched 75 million fundraising letters, raising $30 million for clients such as Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) ("the conscience of the conservative movement"), the National Conservative Political Action Committee, the Committee for the Survival or a Free Congress, and a variety of single issue...
Before ending its session and heading for adjournment, the 96th Congress dealt with a flurry of bills. The legislators dumped an auto safety measure and dropped a fair housing enforcement bill; they dithered over whether to approve a $10,000-a-year pay raise for themselves (to $70,000) and...
Who would have reason to embarrass Percy in this fashion? And why? The Times was not about to tell its readers. But Times Reporter Bernard Weinraub was more scrupulous than journalists usually are in such cases. He indicated that the leak had not come from Ambassador Watson or the State...
Other problems arose to turn Cabinetmaking into a complicated jigsaw puzzle. Reagan clearly wanted to select experienced people, but hard-line conservatives like North Carolina's Jesse Helms opposed having too many "retreads" from the Nixon and Ford Administrations. An added complication was the fact that Reagan intends to...