TALKING POINTS FOR THE DCI: GORBACHEV'S FIRST YEAR

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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
SUBJECT: (Optional)
Breakfast with House Foreign Affairs Committee Members, 1 May 1986
FROM:
EXTENSION
NO.
Director, DCI/DDCI Executive Staff
DATE 30 April 1986
TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
DATE
OFFICER'S
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
RECEIVED
FORWARDED
INITIALS
to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.)
DCI
1 & 2: You are scheduled to
have breakfast with the House
2.
DDCI
Foreign Affairs Committee members
tomorrow morning. Dave Gries
suggested that the members might
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particularly be interested in our
views on Gorbachev's first year
in power as well as a description
4.
of our new Counterterrorism
Center. Attached is some
background material on those two
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subjects.
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3 0 APR 1986
NOTE FOR: DCI
DDCI
VIA:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Attendees at House Foreign Affairs Breakfast
The following Members have said they will attend the
breakfast with you tomorrow. Additional Members may well
show up.
Majority Members
Dante B. Fascell, Chairman (FL)
Lee H. Hamilton (IN)
Gus Yatron (PA)
Don Bonker (WA)
Daniel A. Mica (FL)
Samuel Gejdenson (CT)
Ted Weiss (NY)
Minority Members
William S. Broomfield (MI)
Ranking Minority Member
Benjamin A. Gilman (NY)
Robert K. Dornan (CA)
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CONr'IDtN'IlAL
22 April 1986
OCA 86-1285
NOTE FOR: DCI\
THROUGH: D/OCA
FROM: 25X1
Deputy Director for House Affairs
SUBJECT: Your Breakfast with the House Foreign Affairs
Committee on 1 May
On 1 May you are scheduled to have an informal, off-the
record session with the Members--and some selected staff--of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee. This is billed as a "get-
acquainted" session; it will be held at 0830 in 2200 Rayburn
House Office Building. You will be seated at the head table
with Chairman Fascell and Ranking minority member Broomfield,
whose bios are attached. There is no set order of questioning,
and Members with questions are recognized by the Chairman as he
sees them. Dave Gries and I have also been invited to attend.
At the time the invitation was issued, Bob Gates had not
been named DDCI. The Committee, I am sure, would be delighted
to include him in the breakfast. The DDCI will ~-- y
will not attend.
The subjects for discussion are entirely up to you. I
would suggest two topics that have been much on Members' minds
recently:
--Terrorism, perhaps to include a brief rundown on the
new Counterterrorism Center;
--Gorbachev's first year.
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IV-32 CYB - House Foreign Affeirs Committee
Committee on Foreign Affairs
2170 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 [phone]
Jurisdiction: (1) Relations of the U S with tore;on nat,ons general' (2i Aca.,isrtion of ianc
and builo nor. to' embassies and legations in tore a'i countries (3) Estabi!shrnent of bound-
ary Ines between the U.S and foreign nations, (4) Fore on loans (5) International conte-
ences and congresses. (6) Intervention abroad and declarations of war. (7) Measures
relating to the diplomatic service. (8) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with
foreign nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad, (9) Neutrality. (10)
Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation. (11) The American National Red
Cross. (12) United Nations organizations: (13) Measures relating to international economic
policy . (14) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear
hardware, (15) International commodity agreements (other than those involving sugar)
includino all agreements for cooperation in the export of nuclear technology and nuclear
hardware. (16) Trading with the enemy. (17) Internationa' education In addition to its
legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this paragraph (and its genera'
ovesighr function under clause 2 (b) (1) of House Rule X) the committee is mandated to
have the specia oversight functions provide-, to, in clause 3(d) with respect to Customs
administration intell Bence activities relating to foreign policy International financia: and
monetary organizations and international fishing agreements
MAJORITY MEMBERS
MINORITY MEMBERS
Dante B. Fascell, Fla., Chairman
Tom Lantos Cali'
William S. Broomfield, Mich.,
Lee H. Hamilton Ind
Peter H. Kostmayer, Pa
Ranking Minority Member
Gus Yatron Pa
Robert G Torricell,. N.J
Benjamin A Gilman NY
Stephen J Solarz, NY
Lawrence J Smith, Fla
Robert J. Lagomarsino Calf
Don Bonker. Wash
Howard L Berman, Calif
Jim Leach. Iowa
Gerry E Studds Mass
Harry Reid. Nev.
Toby Roth Wis
Daniel A Mica Fla
Meldon E Levine. Calif
Olympia J Snowe. Marne
M,chae' D Barnes Mc
Edward F. Feighan- Ohio
Henry J Hyde 11
Howard Wo!p_ M cr.
Ted Weiss N Y.
Gerald B Solomon N
George W Gro cket. J'- Vic`,
Gary L. Ackerman. N Y
Doug Bereute? Nei
Samuel. Gejoenson Con-
Kenneth H. (Buddy) MacKay
Mark D Sd,ande'. M cr
Me?vyn M Dymai , Ca '
Morris K Udaii. Ariz
Edwin V V% ZschaL:. Call
Robert Garcia N Y
Robe', K Donnan. Ca!:'
Christopher H Sm th N.J
Connie Mach II!. Fla
N/licnae'DeVOqe, Chic
Danny L. Burton- Ind
John McCain Ariz
Cn e' Sta
Jo')- -' B'ao, J'
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Dear? o' S.a'
Robes M.onae
Gera'c E P;ronror:
Cn,e' Oc,unse
R Spence' 0, Dive
Aror V. Roberts J
Seno? Sia{i
Ma~.. S,etzinpe.
Feoe?a Buonc:.
Robert K Bc,yer Staff Coo'o,na:n Protoco
Eiizabetn Daous'
Foos Gomm rnca o0
Lew!s Gj .cr. Ecito'
(6350 C. RHOB 225 236& Ra} Spa?roo
Special role:as Pa,''3 ent
Legs Into Systems Coorana,o? Julie A lits'e,
Exonanges.BIE
Special Assistants Dennis J DuBrowa
Staff Consultants
(2169 RHOB 2255515) Robert Stone
Internati Econ and Monetary Affairs
George M Ingram Budget'Fisca' Afia!'s She ,, S Livingsto--
NATO Ala,rs
Pete Abbruzzese Annex Office Coordinator 7 ra,'e Jeanne M Savia
Security Atla'rs an:, Arms ConIro
George R Berdes Staff Associates Nancy M Carina
Sal Consuitans
David P Barton Em iy Clare Howe
Dawn Calabia Gwendo!vn Strand
F. Marian Chambers Executive Secretes y Constance Lee Yesh
Margaret Donovan Senior Staff Assistant Caro' S Gassman
Margaret E Galey
Margaret Goodman
Bert D Hammond
Robert T Huber
Vance Hynoman
Winter 1985186 c Congressional Yellow Book
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19 Dante B. Fascell (D)
Born: March 9, 1917. Bridgehampton. N.Y.
Education: U. of Miami. J.D. ]938
Military Career. Army, 1941-46.
Profession: Lawyer.
Family: Wife. Jeanne-Marie Pelot. two children.
Religion: Protestant.
Political Career. Fla. House. 195)-54.
Capitol Office: 2354 Ravhurn Bldg 20515; 225-4506.
In Washington: Thrust into the Foreign
Affairs chairmanship in 1983. on the sudden
death of Clement J. Zablocki. Fascell has
worked hard to put his own stamp of authority
on the panel and restore the central control
that had eroded over the previous decade.
It has not been an easy job. Despite the
considerable popularity and legislative skill
that Fascell brings to his chairmanship. he is
burdened with one of the most difficult and
contentious subjects in the House: foreign aid.
Given the committee's deep philosophical and
partisan divisions on that issue. Fascell may
never be the force he would like to be. Still. the
change has been noticeable.
Under Zablocki. Foreign Affairs had be-
come a rather disorderly and quarrelsome col-
lective of subcommittee fiefdoms. most of
which are dominated by strong]y liberal Demo.
crats who are at least as interested in challeng-
ing the Reagan administration as working with
Fascell has kept a tighter rein on the panel
than Zablocki did. and has given it more cohe-
sion. often bringing subcommittee chairmen
together in private to thrash out disputes be-
fore public meetings are held. Under his leader-
ship. Foreign Affairs marked up its foreign aid
authorization quickly in 1984 and got it
through the House - the first foreign aid bill
to make it past the floor in three years. It later
died in the Senate.
One problem for Fascel!. though. is that on
many foreign policy issues. he tends to be much
more conservative than man of his Democratic
colleagues on the committee. He has consis-
tently supported Reagan's requests for in-
creased military aid to El Salvador, and has
opposed human rights restrictions on that aid.
He has backed the president's aid requests for
the anti-leftist guerrillas in Nicaragua - some-
thing that sets him apart from the entire House
Democratic leadership.
On other issues. Fascell joins the liberal
Democrats in fighting the administration. He
opposes the MX missile. and in 1984 cast a tie
breaking vote against it on the House floor. A,
chairman of the Subcommittee on Interna
tional Security and Scientific Affairs. ht has
actively opposed Reagan', requests for binary
nerve gas weapons and the "Star Wars" orbit-
ing anti-missile system. Following the bombing
of the U.S Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon.
Fascell loudly denounced the administration
for cutting back on an embassy security pro
gram Congress had funded.
Fascell is a short, aggressive bulldog of a
man. He has always been impatient with the
slow pace of House business and niceties of
floor debate. He likes to cut through the rheto
ric, get to the point of an argument. outline a
compromise and move on to the next issue.
But over the years, he has been one of the
most effective operators within the system that
frustrates him. Shrewd and combative, he is
among the most respected veteran Democrats.
a small man who can be loud and tough when
he wants to. In the days when Wayne Hays of
Ohio was the House bully. Fascell faced him
down in a cloakroom shouting match over a
campaign finance bill.
Fascell knows how to protect his turf He
stalemated Republican Sen. Robert Dolt of
Kansas in a two-year persona! feud over chair-
manship of the so-called "Helsinki commis-
sion" human rights panel. At the end of 1984.
he was instrumental in persuading House Dem-
ocrats to reject a move to set up a special
committee on arms control. He said creating
the committee was an unjustified slap at For-
eign Affairs.
Over the years, as his committee's senior
expert on Latin America. Fascell has been Sr.
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Florida 19
Florida's southernmost district once in
eluded the whole Miami area. Now it has
moved almost entirely out of the city and
into the suburbs and rural country extend
ing to the Florida Keys.
Redistricting in 1981 removed liberal
areas of Miami as well as Miami Beach.
replacing them with more conservative new
territory. But there are still plenty of Demo-
cratic votes in the 19th.
Some of the conservative Democrats
are preoccupied with south Florida's frus
trating refugee problem. The symbol of that
problem is located in the 19th - the Krome
Avenue detention center. where about 40O
Haitians were held until a federal judge in
June of 1962 ordered their release under the
supervision of local relief agencies
Floridians took in some 150.0(K0 Cubarn
and Haitian refugees in the early 1980s. and
many local residents were enraged that.
within days of their departure from Krome
Avenue. some of the Haitians showed up at
local welfare offices seeking assistance.
Much of the land in the 19th is taken
up by the Everglades National Park: the
aggressive anti-communist. vehement in his op
position to anyone who suggests that the U.S.
move toward close relations with the Castro,
regime in Cuba Many of Fascell's constituents
are exiled Cubans who have fled the Castro
government.
In 1982, when the House debated setting
up Radio Marti. a government-financed radio
station to broadcast pro-U.S. programs inside
Cuba. Fascell endorsed it in typically deafening
fashion on the floor. When critics of the scheme
tried to defeat it on a voice vote. Fascell's "aye'
was louder than all the opposition put together
Before he took over the Foreign Affair-
chairmanship. Fascell was spending much of
his time trying to deal with the impact of
Cuban and Haitian newcomers in Florida In
1950. he added an amendment to the foreign
aid authorization bill giving state and local
governments extra funds to replace tax money
used to care for their refugees. Technically.
Fascell's amendment had no business in the
foreign aid bill (some colleagues privately de
rided it as "foreign aid for Miami"). but Fascell
pushed it anyway and won some relief from the
South - Coral Gables;
Key West
people are in eastern Dade County suburbs
or farming areas or are scattered through
the Florida Keys.
Coral Gables has liberal academics
around the University of Miami. and there
are poor and middle-class black neighbor
hoods. as well as a large Cuban community
The Jewish vote out of Kendall is sizable.
Homestead and Florida City are markets for
a vegetable and fruit-growing area and the
domain of traditional rural Democratic vot
ers.
In the Keys, there is a dispute over
development policies. Some who have re
tired to the area want to discourage growth
in order to preserve the islands in their
current state. They are opposed by the
Conchs, Keys' natives who see tourism and
development as their livelihood and want to
encourage growth.
Population: 512,886. White 430,795
(84% ), Black 61,598 (12% ). Spanish origin
111,934 (22% ). 16 and over 373,329 (73( 1.
6, and over 45,187. (9% I. Median age: 30.
financial pressure on south Florida govern
ments
Outside foreign policy. Fascel) has special-
ized in changing House procedures he has con
sidered less than modern.
He spent a decade lobbying to open House
committee meetings to the public. It was his
amendment. adopted by the Democratic Cau-
cus in 1973. that required the sessions to be
open unless a committee voted in public to
close them. Later he moved successfully for the
opening of House-Senate conferences.
As a member of the Government Opera-
tions Committee until 1984. he played a key
role in enactment of legislation that opened
executive agency meetings to the public. Long
before it was required by law. he issued his own,
personal financial disclosure statement - one
that included such facts as his part-ownership
of a horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby. He
is still arguing for more complete disclosure of
foreign travel expenses by members of Con-
gress.
Fascell backed a federal Consumer Protec-
tion Agency and a new Department of Educa-
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tion Earlier in his career, in I9fS. hi managed
the legislation that created the Department of
Housing and I ;rban Development.
During the late 1960s and early 197, 0s
Fascell used his membership on both Govern
ment Operations and Foreign Affairs to oppose
what he saw as usurpation of power by Presi
dent Nixon. He helped write the War Powers
Act, defining a congressional role in the com
mitment of U.S. troops abroad, and sponsored
a bill curbing the use of executive privilege In
1973. presiding over the House. he cast the
deciding vote in a 20(,-20i+ decision making it
easier for Congress to force the executive
branch to spend appropriated funds
Fascell also has a strong law and order
streak. He had little sympathy for the peace
demonstrators or urban rioters of the 1960s. He
sponsored legislation setting stiff penalties for
inciting a riot. He has favored the death pen-
alty for hijackers
At Home: Like many of the people hu
represents. Fascell is not a native Southerner.
He was brought to Florida from Long Island by
his parents when he was eight. and he earned
his law degree from the University of Miami
before leaving to fight in World War H.
After the war, he used the Dade County
Young Democrats and the Italian-American
club as an entry into politics, then ran success
fully for the state Legislature in 1950.
Four years later. U.S Rep. William
Lantaff announced his retirement With the
slogan "Ring the bell for Dante Fascell.' the
K -year-old lawyer won a majority in the five
man primary and was unopposed in the general
election.
His first real re-election test was in 1962
Democratic state Rep. David C. Eldredge. a
segregationist, criticized Fascell as a consistent
supporter of an intrusive federal government
and hinted that the incumbent was svmpa
thetic to communism.
When President Kennedy spoke at a Dem
ocratic fund-raiser in Miami Beach. he made a
point of endorsing Fascell. That hurt Eldredge.
he protested Kennedy's intervention. but faded
to receive only 3,`, percent of the primary %oie
Since then Fascell generally has wor, well
over 60 percent of the vote. Even in the infre-
quent instances when he has faced vigorous
challengers. Fascell has never dropped below
percent
National Republican strategists essentially
left Fascell alone until 1982, when they wen
hopeful that redistricting had made the 19th
promising territory for a candidate younger and
more conservative than Fascell. In that year's
remap, the 19th lost 20,(KKi solid Democratic
votes in south Miami Beach. including poor.
elderl people dependent on Social Security.
Fascell s admirers trembled in midsummer
1952. when pollster V. Lance Tarrance released
a survey showing the veteran incumbent only
10 percentage points ahead of Republican
Glenn Rinker. a television new, anchorman
who had not even announced his House candi-
dacy.
Rinker owed his strong showing in the
surve*\ to his name recognition. which was
remarkably high for a congressional challenger
Prior to his bid. Rinker had appeared regularl\
for six years on a Miami television station
Fascell. meanwhile. had been gliding through
quiet and easy re-elections: mar,c of the dis
trio's residents had moved in after his last
serious challenge. in 19,-2.
Fascell responded to Rinker with a cam
paign that had both positive and negative sides.
He not only reminded voters of the federal
largess he had brought the area during his 28
years in the H,wse. but he portrayed Rinker as
a shallow ideologue. a tool of the national
Republican Party who would be little more
than a Reagan puppet in Congress.
Fascell enjoyed a significant organizational
advantage over Rinker. whose campaign
started late The Democrat raised and spent
vastly more than he had in any of his precious
campaigns - over $4,59.1'F96 As Fascell's ag-
gressive response became clear. Republican
cor.tribuie,rs backed out nn Rinker. and in the-
ene the challenger was badly outspent.
As it turned out. Rinker's strength just
about peaked at the time of that midsummer
pull Fascell scored a solid victor. taking 54
percent of the vote. In 1954. Fascell coasted to
re-election against a bizarre Republican chal-
lenger - suhstiruts teacher Fail! "Shower
Shoes" Flanagan. a virtual recluse wh- made no
puhli, an; ear.nces and refused all requests for
interviews
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Committees
Foreign Affairs 'Cna,?manl
A,m$ Conro' mlernationa' Security and Science Icna,rman,
Select Narcotics Abuse and Control (9tn of 15 Democrats'
Elections
1984 Genera!
Dante E Fascel: (D1
6,1 Flanaoan (R)
1982 General
Dante E rasce"(Dl
Glen, R!n,e7 IR:
Previous Winning Percentages.
1976 (70`,61 1974 1 71 i?l
1968 (57%,) 1966 ( 57%'
1960 (714,1 1958 (100,r
115.631 1645?
64.31' (36?.,l
74.31, (59'?0
51.965 (41',,'
1960 165`,?` 1976 1 74561
1972 (57% 1970 1 725,1
1964 (64%r 1962 l 6511!
1956 (615,1 1954 1100', ,1
District Vote For President
1984 1960 1976
D 65.44C 136', D 56 72E (344,. D 84.684
R 11F 424 164`?! R 90.859 (551-, R 70.567
17.62E (11S,,
(54',!
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Campaign Finance
Receipts Expend-
Receipts from PACs itures
1984
FascellD $465.607 5162.220 (35??) 5290.912
1982
Fasce"177 5529.625 5190.911 (3656, $466.502
Rime- P. 5235.048 565.518 (294,) 6233716
Voting Studies
Presidential Party Conservative
Support Unity Coalition
Year S 0 S 0 S 0
1984 40 54 64 17 32 6E
1983 33 62 BE 1. 3. 6E
1987 3P 51 7. 1C 44 46
1961 41 54 83 10 1~
1960 BE 9 90 6 21 75
1979 83 11 89 E 1E 73
1971 76 13 BE E. 14 BC
1977 76 16 90 E 14 65
1976 25 64 91 6 17 61
1975 40 57 85 12 17 61
1974 (Ford) 50 50
1974 49 47 87 11 23 77
1973 31 64 89 8 17 BC'
1972 62 32 84 12 20 7E
1971 47 47 80 14 2( 76
S - Support 0 - Oppos t-or
Key Votes
Raise Socia' Secu,11) retvemen! age to 67 11983 N
Bar covert U S a,c to Nicaraoua (1963' N
Reduce da,ry pncE supports 41983, N
Pass Eaual Focn17 Amendmen111983, 9
Freeze D^ys,uans tees unde? Medicare (1984, N
Ba, a'e to ant'-Sandmms.a forces in N caraoua' 1984 N
Pass bd, is re,ise immgra'ior law's 11964; Y
GuI ed~:.ali~r svend,ne! 1964, N
Autnonze oroc u emen! o' 21 Mx m ssoes 11985, N
Interest Group Ratings
Year ADA ACA AFL-CIO CCUS
1964 70 14 85 33
1983 85 21 BE 30
1982 75 30 79 25
1981 8C 5 87 21
1980 83 25 8, 54-
1979 74 4 BE 1F
1976 65 17 85 2c
1977 81, E 7E 17
1976 75 4 77 2C
1975 8F 95 25
1974 87 13 .10C C
1973 85 7 5? 2
1972 8'. 17 9' it
1971 61 6 82
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18 William S.
Broomfield (R)
Of Birmingham - Elected 1956
Born: April 28. 1922. Royal Oak Mich
Education: Attended Michigan State V 1951.
Militay Career. Army Air Corps. 1942
Occupation: Insurance executive
Family: Wife. Jam Smith Thompson. three children.
Religion: Presbvterian
political Careen Mich. House. 1949-55: Mich. Senate.
1955-n i .
Capitol Office: 2aioP Rayburn Bldg 20515; 225-6135.
In Washington: Genial and mild-man
nered. Broomfield has taken limited substan
tint advantage of his ranking position on For
eign Affairs and his nearly 30 Years of seniurit\
in the House. As his committee's senior GOP
member. he is involved in controversial
decisons all the time. but he is no activist.
While he has been the official sponsor of im-
portant foreign polio amendments in recent
year. others have done most of the work in
promoting them
Broomfield get= along well with the new
chairman of Foreign Affair Fiorida's Dante B.
Fascell. a moderate Democrat who share his
on frequent annoyance- at some of the com-
mittee's liberal foreign polio entrepreneur,.
"Dante ... doesn't tr' to pretend he's secretary
of state." Broomfield said approvingly in 1985.
In the 98th Congress. it perhaps the most
crucial vote on El Salyadnr. it was a Broomfield
substitute to a Democratic foreign aid bill that
gave Reagan most of the military aid he wanted
for that country The House adopted Broom
fields measure by a vote of 212-20h - a tribute
to the support it drew from both Minority
Leader Robert H Michel and Maturity Leader
Jim Wright. The vast majority of Democrats
were against it
The Broomfield amendment was devoid of
the stringent human rights condition- attached
to El Salvador aid in the past. requiring only a
presidential report on hurnar, rights progress in
that countrc, rather than achievement of fixed
goals. However. it did not give the president
the multi-year aid funding he wanted.
Over the previous two Years Broomfield
had drawn more attentior, than usual as the
sponsor of a softened version: of a nuclear
weapons freeze Backed by President Reagan. it
was designed to delay a freeze until both the
U .S. and the Soviet Union reduced their nu
clear stockpiles. As senior committee Republi
can. Broomfield was the nominal Reagan stan
dard-bearer and met at the White House t,:
discuss tactics with Reagan and key aides Even
here, however, Broomfield's role was larger
ceremonial.
In 1982. the House voted narrowly for a
Broomfield amendment calling for an eventual
freeze hut at "substantially reduced levels."
rather than current ones. In 1965 with 26 more
Democrats in the House. it was clear that
something considerably stronger would he
passed to replace the previous language. Again
Broomfield was the nominal leader of conserva-
tives arguing that no freeze should take place at
existing force levels.
Again. however. Broomfield was not the
key man on his side of the aisle. Henry J. Hyde
of Illinois, a far more effective debater and
strategist, assumed the leadership of the pro-
Reagan forces. while an "attack squad of
junior Republicans peppered the opposition
with questions about the freeze during more
than 40 hours of debate.
In the end. the resolution was modified by
language calling for U.S. negotiators to pursue
reductions while a freeze took effect, with the
implication that the freeze would lapse if there
were no progress toward reductions.
After that change was made. Broomfield
agreed to move quickly to a final vote on the
resolution itself, and some 60 Republicans
joined a majority of Democrats in voting for the
freeze. Broomfield was not among them: he felt
it would still put the United States in an
unfavorable competitive situation. But he
claimed afterward that the pro-Reagan side
had exacted major concessions "We weren't
rolled.- he said. "We won a clear victory."
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Michigan 18
This district is the one GOI' bastion in
metropolitan Detroit. Its Republican core is
in the cluster of towns on both sides of
Woodward Avenue. the artery running
northwest from Detroit and the route along
which the city's wealthy first escaped to the
suburbs In this area. Republicans and golf
courses abound. and GOP presidential can
didates typically prevail by margins exceed-
ing 2-to-1.
Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham. like
the Grosse Pointer, are dotted with the
1920,-' mansions and newer ranch houses of
top-level auto executives and professionals
Bloomfield Hills was former GOP Goy
George Romney',- hometown in his days as
an auto executive
To the west are the only slightly more
modest shaded streets of Farmington Hills.
a town of lawyers. doctors and business
executives. To the east is Troy. a gathering
ground for gleaming suburban busines,
headquarters and professionals' offices. off
the main roads jive upper-middle-class
Protestant voters.
The southwestern end of the 18th is a
jumble of suburbs whose exploding popula-
tions helped make the district thf second
fastest-growing constituency in the state in
the 1970s. Its far western end jabs into two
Livingston County townships: the older
blue-collar suburbs of Green Oak Township.
some of its houses sporting two or three
rusting cars in front. and Brighton Town
One issue or which Broomfield expressed
uncharacteristic independence was the 1 .5. el
fort in Lebanon. In the early months of 1952.
he grew increasingly skeptical of Reagan's der
lion to keep Marines in Beirut He was even
morf critical early in 19s4. when the Navy
bombarded Syrian positions just one da,\ after
Reagan announced he was pulling the- Marines
out. "I'm rot normaliv a nervous Nellie,"
Broomfield said. "but I'm concerned that it was
overreaction and what bothers me is what this
might lead to."
If there is no administration position.
Broomfield does not express strong feelings on
many foreign aid questions One issue he does
become involved in is the dispute between
Greece and Turkey. He introduced legislation
Oakland County
ship. whose newer subdivisions have at
traeted a mix of factory workers and profes
signals from Ann Arbor and Detroit
The old horse country of western Oak
land Counts over the years has been
squeezed he development. and the countr
side has taken on a decidedly blue-collar
cast around South Lyon and in more ethnic
Commerce Township. The small apart
ments and trailer parks of Wixom and
Walled Lake house factory workers who
tend toward conservatism on social issues
The northern end of the district is less
wealth. Pontiac Township. east of Pontiac.
is a melting pot into whose 20- ' year-old
subdivisions the surrounding area's auto
workers. mid-level managers and small
business people have poured. The outlying
township- in northeastern Oakland County
are strongly Republican and rural. although
much of the farm land north of Rochester
has been sold off for development.
One of the fe" Democratic toeholds in
the district is in Shelby Township in Ma-
comb County. Shelby's small. postwar brick
houses hold blue-collar workers from Mica
and Warren
Population: 514.560. White 5(Ki,199
t97, '~, 1. Black 4.160 (1 e I, Asian and Pacific
Islander 7,03 (1,, t. Spanish origin 4.792
1 f. I F and over 360.726 (70 6.5 and
over 3/'.119 (7',o i. Median age: 31
in 19 1 to block Turkey from using U.S.-built
military equipment on the island of Cyprus.
The one political issue that might have
hun Br,,on:field was one in which he way
skillful enough not to become trapped - school
h,,sin5 In the earl l9"us. when, busing became
ar. emotional and volatile issue in the Detroit
area. several of the area's incumbents suffered
foe their tardiness in responding to constituent
feelings. Broomfield took the lead against bus-
ing He won approval on the House floor of his
1971 amendment to delay the effect of federal
court orders on busing until all appeals had
beer, exhausted.
At Home: Broomfield's longevity at home
has little to do with his work on Foreign
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Arl?17- 11 is a result of hir ai,ilit.% to project
if. his suburban district as a pleasant.
.ice-oriented Republican. Handling constit-
tr, n; requests and flooding the district with
new.letlers over a quarter -century have made
Iir,-mfield all but untouchable. as frustrated
Ii,mocrats in the area admit.
The few political struggles have come
w;:h:n his own party. But at the two critical
tinctures in his political career. when he
., rmed to be up against unfavorable odds.
Bn,omfield managed to be on the popular side
focally Sensitive issues.
The first time was 19:,6. when he chal-
Ienged a more senior state senator for the
,accession to retiring Republican George A.
I) , ndero. who had served in Congress from
suburban Detroit since 1932. The maior issue
wv- construction of a toll road through a resi-
denual section of Oakland County. Broom-
fu Id's opponent. George N. Higgins. supported
t1 Broomfield. who had fought it in the state
legislature. argued that an. new highway
.h,-uld go through the more rural part of the
Committees
Foreign Affairs (Ranking(
A-Ts Con:rot mternationa' Security and Science (ranking(
Small Business (3r0 of 17 Republicans(
Ene'c. Environment and Salet> Issues Affecting Smar Bus
re" la-king:
1984 General
a, S Broomhe(d (R. 188.505 (7951.
r::a H Smargon ID. 48.191 (205,
1982 Genera!
K~' a-. S Broomfield (R. 132.902 (73' .
Aue- S,ohe'(D 46.545 (26"r:
Previous Winning Percentages 1980 (735e 1978 (7 11,,
197E (67`,, 1974 (63`-1 1972 17051; 1970 165`.,
196F (60 -r 1966 168`?, 1964 (601?! 1962 (601-1
1961 68,1. 1958 (535? 1956 (575,1
District Vote For President
1984 1960 1976
D 6; 25: (255,; D 67.833 (28', D 76.44? (3'5
R 19:.88E (74 R 150.36E IE2`-,: R 127.570 (61`n
1 20.58: (951
Campaign Finance
Receipts Expend-
Receipts trom PACs itures
1984
B oo'l,e( (P, 5229.274 945.802 (205,1 5103.521
Sma cc' SD: $14.677 5:.675 (1Er>,' S13.4E1
1962
5ro3mf,eid (R, $16E 705 $22216 0351: $62.599
Key Votes
Rase Social Securr?.y retremen' age to 6' (1963 Y
5a cover' U S aid to N caraoua 09S31 N
Re^uce oars C 'ce supports 11963; Y
Pas! Eoua' R,ch!s Amendment ; 1983- N
Freeze physi0ans fees unde? Medicare (1964, Y
count.. Most of Oakland County's voter-
shared Broomfield',, view, and he narrowly won
the primer. The highway wa, never built
Sixteen Years later. Broomfield faced his
second political crisis, following the realign
ment of Oakland County's congressional dis
tricts. Since 1964, he had been winning re-
election easily in the eastern. more dense(
populated part of the county. But in 1972.
when this area was attached to a blue-collar
section of Macomb County. Broomfield de
cided he would have better luck in western
Oakland County. even though that meant run
ning against another Republican incumbent.
Jack H. McDonald.
McDonald was already representing most
of the district they were fighting over. but again
Broomfield had the paramount issue on his
side: busing His House amendment had put
him in the forefront of the opposition to feder-
ally mandated busing. Even though McDonald
was just as firmly opposed to busing. Broom
field's opposition had been more vocal He won
the primary with 59 percent
Ba' aid to ant -Sandmrsta forces in N caraoua (1984 N
Pass pd' to revise immigration laws (1984 I N
Cut education spending 11984(
Authorize procuremen! of 21 Mx missiles (1985 .'
Voting Studies
Presidential Party Conservative
Support Unity Coalition.
Year S 0 S 0 S 0
11984 6- 31 7E 17 91' 1[
1983 77 16 77 1E 86 if
1982 65 26 72 22- 82 12
1981 63 2E 77 1F 24
198E 45 49 79 15 74 2C
1979 45 5. 73 22 7E 17
i 1976 3E 5C 76 16 74 14
1977 52 44 75 1E 17
1976 65 24 65 2 69 1E
1975 6 '.9 67 21 71 1E
1974 (Ford) 6: 26
11974 66 2E 59 27, 65 2
11973 65 29 67 2E 6E 23
1972 54 11 45 E 54
1971 72 26 6r 67 3,
S = Sup. a 0 = Opoosr,,or
Interest Group Ratings
Year ADA ACA AFL-CIO CCUS
1984 5 79 2: 8:
198-" 5 7C- - 9:
1981, 1C 7E 1E 7
1981 2C 7C: 1c 94
1980 11 75 7E
1979 16 76 32 9--
197 e 10 7E 5 8:
1977 15 7C 2E 107
1976 15 65 2: 7E
1975 11 7: 9 8E
1974 22 43
1973 22 71 ~9 1D;
1972 6 54 3: 7!
1971 22 82 17 -
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