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...attending fund raisers, even leading their families on private tours of the White House. He recently addressed a fund raiser for Senator Alfonse D'Amato, for example, only to have the New York Republican blast him days later for spending too much time on the golf course. Says Thomas ("Lud") Ashley, a close Bush friend since both men were at Yale: "George is normally a very even-tempered guy, but he's also a very loyal guy. And when he doesn't get loyalty in return, that does tick...
...Bizz") Johnson, 72, was defeated after eleven terms by California Assemblyman Eugene Chappie of Sacramento. Jim Corman, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, was defeated by Bobbi Fiedler, whose chief issue was opposition to court-ordered busing to desegregate schools in Los Angeles County. Ohio's Thomas ("Lud") Ashley, who as chairman of an ad hoc energy committee guided much of President Carter's energy program into law, was upset by Attorney Ed Weber of Toledo. But liberal Warhorse Morris Udall, 58, recently stricken by Parkinson's disease, beat back a strong challenge from a conservative...
...lawmakers are at fault in their dealings with lobbyists. Many of them hold annual fund-raising cocktail parties in Washington and pressure the lobbyists to buy tickets at $50 to $500 each. Congressional stars like Howard Baker and Warren Magnuson can easily raise $50,000 through these affairs. Democrat Lud Ashley, chairman of the House Energy Committee, held a bash in July and netted about $30,000. Lesser lawmakers barely break even, but can't seem to shake the habit of staging such parties anyway. "It's one of the seamy sides left in lobbying," protests one of the ticket...
Walker easily made friends in high places. James Schlesinger, whom he met in 1959 over a bottle of bourbon at the University of Virginia, asked him to be godfather to his son. Their two families now often have weekend barbecues with House Energy Committee Chairman Thomas ("Lud") Ashley. Walker attends Mardi Gras parties in the capital each year with Louisiana Congressman Joe Waggoner and frequently calls Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long at home...
...even as the critics protested, Carter's program was being efficiently spirited through the mazes of congressional committees. Taking personal charge of the legislation, House Speaker Tip O'Neill set up a special ad hoc energy committee under Ohio Democrat Thomas ("Lud") Ashley. That committee's job was to mold into one hill the legislation that emerged from various committees. Even as those hearings were under way, the House and Senate were also studying Carter's other keystone energy proposal-a bill to create a new Department of Energy...