Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 014-026
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1971 at 8:04 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Timmons, William E.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-026

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[0:01] Hello?
[0:06] Mr. Simmons, Mr. President.
[0:08] Yeah.
[0:08] Mr. President.
[0:16] Hello, Bill?
[0:17] Yes, Mr. President.
[0:18] What's the situation in the House and Senate today?
[0:22] The Senate has just passed the economic humanitarian bill on foreign aid, 6123.
[0:23] I knew they'd pass it.
[0:24] Rogers said, oh, it's close.
[0:24] I said, for Christ's sake, they're all going to vote for that.
[0:25] Yeah.
[0:26] Some of the hard conservatives didn't vote, of course, but we'll pick them up tomorrow on the Senate's amendment on the security part of it.
[0:28] You think we will?
[0:29] Oh, sure.
[0:31] Our projection is pretty good tomorrow, although it's going to be closer than today's vote.
[0:48] You think we can pass it, though?
[0:49] I think so.
[0:49] I think so.
[0:50] Now, in the House, they have a continuing resolution to keep the foreign aid and the other unregulated programs alive.
[0:52] And Stebering, from Ohio, offered an amendment to that to strike all defense in the money.
[0:54] And he got to pick ten votes.
[0:58] They didn't have a separate vote, apparently, on the Anfield and all the rest.
[1:25] No, they didn't.
[1:36] Put it all in the package.
[1:42] Good.
[1:42] We may have that tomorrow, though, because they're going to take up the military procurement conference report tonight.
[1:47] Oh, yeah.
[1:47] Les Aaron's told me that they probably have to just take this down a bit.
[1:48] They might as well.
[1:49] Yeah, they've ordered it down a little bit.
[1:50] There's still policy on the state, of course.
[1:51] We don't like that.
[1:51] But they took up the six-month stuff, and I think Walter is going to have to take it.
[1:53] Oh, well, just pay no attention to it.
[1:53] Just say, well, let's read it to you.
[1:55] They're going to lay it down tonight and vote it tomorrow, I think.
[2:18] Everybody up here is talking about Secretary of Agriculture, of course.
[2:19] Oh, God, yes.
[2:20] But I'm pleased with the vote today.
[2:20] The tough one will be tomorrow on the Senate Amendment on the security part, because we're a little bit liberal.
[2:23] I don't think it's bad.
[2:23] Well, it's better.
[2:23] Yeah, that's good.
[2:25] We'll have to devise a strategy because the thing tomorrow is today and tomorrow's authorization.
[2:36] And we'll have to give Tom Morgan and Bill Maillard and the House guys signals on whether they should take up a new authorization or not.
[2:39] Your colleague passed one earlier in the course.
[2:41] And they're kind of waiting for us to give them some signals if we should do it or not.
[3:04] What do you mean by that?
[3:04] Well, they'll have to pass another bill, of course, a foreign aid bill, which will have higher levels than probably a conference would come out with.
[3:07] On the other hand, we've got the appropriations moving along.
[3:09] Even though they're not authorized, the appropriations could fund our program without an authorization.
[3:11] That's a possibility.
[3:11] Good.
[3:13] Okay.
[3:16] Well, I think the dinner's went all right.
[3:19] Oh, great.
[3:20] And I'm glad you hit the 4 and 8 thing in there.
[3:23] I think it was very helpful today.
[3:31] Tomorrow's okay.
[3:33] Yeah.
[3:33] Win it tomorrow.
[3:34] Okay.
[3:34] All right.
[3:35] Thank you.