The American public was, after the Iran hostage crisis, hostile to the sale of arms to any other nation, with 52% polled against any sales and only 19% of the public supported this sale (US-Saudi Business). The giving away of the Panama Canal, which had been politically devastating for ...
as moderates balk at taking politically poisonous votes and conservatives insist that such provisions be included. The Johnson of the past would likely have been on board with such riders. But as speaker, his job is to protect his majority, which could mean shutting out language that he might...