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Helms' attempt at cloture fell 19 votes short of the required two-thirds majority, but he will try again this week to end the talkathon. The Senator has vowed to fight a similar filibuster against another proposal, which would attempt to get around Supreme Court decisions banning prayer in public schools by asserting that the subject is beyond the province of the federal courts and is a matter for the states to arbitrate. Reagan has promised to sign that bill as well. Aware that both proposals will make bad law, some White House aides privately hope that neither piece...
...first glimmer that Habib's talkathon might be paying off came early in the week, when Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin made the surprising announcement that his Cabinet had unanimously voted "to put no time limit whatsoever" on Habib's efforts to solve the problem through diplomatic channels. At the outset of the crisis, Begin had darkly hinted that Secretary of State Alexander Haig's envoy had only a week to work his magic, or Israel would attack the missiles. Two days after the Cabinet meeting, in what seemed to be a reassuring signal to Syria...
...Weill a merger with American Express, but the Shearson chairman doubted that he could persuade his board of directors to accept any such agreement. Then Prudential showed the way. After returning from Asia, Weill called Robinson and opened serious discussions. Over Easter weekend, the two men conducted a traveling talkathon that moved from Weill's 13-room home in Greenwich, Conn., to his seven-room apartment on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue to Robinson's nearby residence. When the deal was finally set, it was agreed that Weill would remain boss of Shearson, which for now will continue...
Moreover, opponents are threatening a prolonged talkathon that could drag on into next year's presidential primary season. If so, demands would rise that a vote be put off until after the elections. Altogether, it was an unhappy week for SALT backers, who could echo King Pyrrhus:"Another such victory and I shall be ruined...
With that, Byrd backed off. He promised to call up no more amendments for Mondale to knock down. In theory, the filibuster was still alive. But Abourezk and Metzenbaum, convinced that Carter had sold them out and had sent Mondale in to break up the talkathon, had lost heart...