Accountability for Federal Judges Moves in Congress
Winchester area lawmakers urge reforms to end life tenure for federal judges. Byrd seeks constitutional amendment to reconfirm every eight years. Robinson proposes 10 year terms with Senate action and renomination possible. The piece argues accountability aligns with democracy and cites history and Virginia practice.
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United States
Winchester
Congress
U.S
Harry F.byrd Jr
J. Kenneth Robinson
Byrd
U.S. Senate
Robinson
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Supreme
Pickering
Samuel Chase
James H. Peck
West Humphreys
Mark H. Delahay
Charles Swayne
Robert W. Archbald
George W. English
Harold Louderback
Halsted Ritter
House of Representatives
Judiciary
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Jefferson
Rhode Island
Virginia
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Virginia lottery bill knocked down in General Assembly committee
The House General Laws Committee rejected a motion to report Del. Ira M. Lechner's lottery bill to the floor by a 12 to 7 vote. Amendments would divert all revenue to the general fund until 1976 and then split funds between the general fund and mass transit, roads, and toll bond retirement.
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Virginia
General Assembly
House General Laws Committee
Del
Ira M. Lechner
Arlington Democrat
Lechner
Committee Ap
General Fund
Tough Warning from the Right over Senate Rule XXII
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report tough conservative threats surrounding the Senate Rule XXII fight on the anti filibuster rule. The notice targets Nelson Rockefeller as presiding officer and implicates Ford in potential blame if Rockefeller’s ruling aids anti filibuster factions. The piece notes Reagan and Rockefeller as key players and discusses the energy policy debate and possible political fallout for Ford.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Sena
Rockefeller
Senate
Clarke Reed
Mississippi
White House
Donald Seaman
Wade
Reed
Ford
Eller
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Mr. Ford
Handwriting on Wall Signals House Realignment and GOP Tone
Capitol Hill realignment shifts power as three chairmen fall and liberal leadership rises. John Jarman leaves the Democratic fold after 24 years, citing a conservative district and a changing House, while Kennedy reshapes Senate committees. In Chicago, GOP image , Teeter poll shows only 18 percent of voters identify as Republicans.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
John Jarman
Oklahoma
Dean
House
Senate
Edward Kennedy
James B. Allen
Alabama
Chicago
Robert Teeter
Teeter
GOP
Jarman
John Connally
Texas
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Mickey Edwards
Daily Oklahoman
Allan Cromley
Oklahoma City
Sider
House Democratic
Interstate Commerce Committee
Dave Satterfield
W.C. Daniel
Joe Waggonner
Louisiana
G.W. Montgomery
Mississippi
Colson links CIA Watergate to Hughes and Hunt in Senate probe
Former White House aide Charles Colson asserts Nixon was forced out amid CIA led Watergate intrigue. He pushes the Senate select committee to compel the CIA to release tapes and documents about links to Watergate and the Ellsberg break-in. Colson cites Hunt deliveries to a CIA counter intelligence officer and ties to Howard Hughes through Lawrence O'Brien and related firms.
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Washington
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Charles W. Colson
Richard Nixon
CIA
Colson
New
Select Committee
Watergate Committee
Ellsberg
Aananaei
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Baker
CIA Enterprises
Howard Hughes
Hughes O’brien
O’brien
Cia-Hughes
Hughes
Robert R. Mullen and Company
Robert F. Bennett
Hunt
Mullen
Europe
Far East
Bennett
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Larry O’brien
Spencer Oliver Jr
Hi Tool Co
Democratic National Committee
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Nere
Gene Rhodes
Cove Lake
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Frederick County
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By Frank van der Linden
Watergate
Thomas T. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
David H. Smith
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
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