Surplus Campaign Funds Rise Among Congress Members
Common Cause reports large post election surplus cash held by incumbents. House surplus reached 49 million dollars as of December 31 1986, aiding future campaigns and deterring challengers. Senator Hollings shows over 1 million in PAC funds and 197 854 cash on hand in 1986.
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Congress
Common Cause
House
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Sen
Hollings
Butler Derrick
April mobilization rallies against Reagan Central America policy
The piece notes liberal activists and high profile figures like Daniel Ellsberg Abbie Hoffman Amy Carter joining anti Reagan policy protests in Washington. It says the demonstrators support Sandinista and Central American Marxist Leninist groups while opposing US aid to Contras and Duarte in El Salvador. It highlights 550 arrests near the CIA and cites John Joyce AFL CIO defense committee remarks linking the mobilization to 1930s popular front tactics.
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Central America
Daniel Ellsberg
Philip F. Berrigan
Abbie Hoffman
Amy Carter
U.S
Latin America
Managua
Jose Napoleon Duarte
el Salvador
CIA
Reagan
John Joyce
Bricklayers Union
Afl-Cio
Executive Council Defense Committee
Joyce
Washington
Popular Front
Perishable Commodities Clash With New Immigration Law
A guest editorial argues that designating certain farm products as perishable could extend legal status to undocumented harvest workers. The piece criticizes a rushed list covering crops like Christmas trees and tobacco while excluding others, urging the administration to close the loophole and curb political concessions.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Accountability in church finance and media scrutiny
The piece argues for broad accountability from religious bodies and media figures. Billy Graham champions financial openness and ethical standards, noting abuses prompt stronger oversight while Robert Schuller defends denominational accountability. The essay contrasts church governance with media immunity, ending with a pointed critique of reporters lacking formal accountability.
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Billy Graham
Graham
Evangelical Council For
Internal Revenue Service
Jim Bakker
Robert Schuller
Reformed Church of America
Schuller
Jesse Jackson the Second Time Around in 1988 race
In Talladega Alabama Cleveland Cummings and son Harriman debate Jesse Jackson's potential in 1988 reflecting support and doubts. The elder supports removing Republicans while Harriman sees Jackson unifying black voters and influencing Medicare and Social Security policy. Jackson cites stronger campaign footing and broader alliances than four years ago.
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Ala
Cleveland Cummings
Harriman
Alabama
Jesse Jackson
Cummings
Jackson
White House
Harriman Cummings
Democratic Party
Jesse
Farmers and
Auto Workers
Santa Fe
Inside echoes of stock crime and black politics
The column argues insider trading profited hundreds of millions and some insiders include politicians who may have leveraged information. It contrasts U S and Soviet actions, critiques liberal ambivalence toward anti communist efforts, and analyzes Jesse Jackson’s 1988 campaign prospects with black voters ahead of the Southern regional primary on March 8.
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Jackson
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
Gary Hart
Hart
Beulah Mabry
Anniston
Out West
South
Tyrone Brooks
Rainbow Coalition
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Cummings
Jesse
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