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Richard Boiling, Chairman of the House Rules Committee. Other key backstage dealers include Republican Senators Robert Dole of Kansas, Mark Hatfield of Oregon, Paul Laxalt of Nevada and Pete Domenici of New Mexico. For the Democrats, Congressmen Jim Jones of Oklahoma and Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois are essential players...
...special telephone in Baker's Capitol Hill hideaway-White House extension 806-gives him a direct line to the President. "I've got one at home too," says Baker with a smile. His other direct line to the White House is through Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada. Because of Laxalt's close friendship with Reagan, some saw him as a potential rival to Baker as leader of the Senate. The morning after Election Day, Baker asked the Nevadan to support him for the majority leadership. Laxalt agreed, and became a member of Baker's inner circle...
...said that he would be happy to consider any bipartisan plan that meets those standards, adding: "When we have honest differences, you can count on me to be willing to listen." Declared Oregon Republican Mark Hatfield after the meeting: "He brought a reconciliation in place of estrangement." Added Nevada's Paul Laxalt: "It was upbeat. An obvious show of unity...
...party. He has been meeting almost daily in his back office as a member of a group known as the Big Five to work on alternatives to the President's budget. The five include himself; Mark Hatfield of Oregon, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Paul Laxalt of Nevada, a Reagan intimate; Robert Dole of Kansas, head of the Finance Committee; and New Mexico's Pete Domenici, chairman of the Budget Committee. "My objective is to find a budget we can pass," says Baker, who is widely seen as the only man with the clout and skill...
...RENO, Nevada--An informal survey of students at the University of Nevada at Reno has found that fewer than 20 percent know the location of El Salvador and only 2.5 percent can accurately describe the situation in the civil war-torn country...