Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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LAST week's near blockage of the legislative arteries of Congress was only the latest indication that one of the Government's most vital organs is in need of drastic surgery. That is particularly true of the Senate, whose members have repeatedly refused to allow reformers to interfere...
The bipartisan group of reformers is made up of Republicans William Saxbe of Ohio and Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania and Democrats Alan Cranston of California and Harold Hughes of Iowa. Because this was their first term, they were not accustomed to the quaint ways in which the Senate fails to...
Cranston and Saxbe decided to work quietly and concentrate on step-by-step changes the would stir scant controversy. They enlisted the help of Hughes, a former Governor who felt helpless as a Senator ("You have no command. You have to do what other people decide at their times"), and...
"Through the fall, Saxbe talked to every Republican Senator and discovered that "even the oldtimers didn't like what was going on; they said 'Go it.' " Only Nebraska's Roman Hruska voiced objections, but he said he would not be the only one to stand in...
> To minimize the number of votes that are delayed because Senators make uncoordinated commitments for appearances outside Washington during the work week, all Senators will be given a long weekend (Wednesday through Sunday) at the end of each month. That will permit them to schedule travel, in exchange for attending...