NEWS
September 13, 1997 | TYLER MARSHALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It was American democracy on full display and it was not pretty. With all the civility of a college food fight, Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), the crusty chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, squared off Friday against William F. Weld, the aloof former Massachusetts governor who wants to be ambassador to Mexico, in a verbal slugfest that began with a brief committee hearing and later spilled into the hallways outside.
NEWS
September 8, 1997 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld said the refusal of Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) to hold hearings on his nomination to be ambassador to Mexico is "just not the American way." Weld, in an interview on ABC-TV's "This Week," contended that he is making headway in his battle with Helms. Helms, the conservative head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has denied Weld a hearing, insisting his support for needle-exchange programs and medical use of marijuana shows he is "soft" on drugs.
NEWS
September 6, 1997 | NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A majority of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed Friday to sign a petition intended to force Chairman Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) to hold a meeting to consider whether there will be a hearing on the nomination of former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld to be ambassador to Mexico. Republican Sens. Richard G.
NEWS
August 8, 1997 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Escalating the conflict over the nomination of William F. Weld to be ambassador to Mexico, Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) threatened to use his own committee chairmanship to retaliate against Sen. Jesse Helms for bottling up Weld's confirmation. Lugar said the Agriculture Committee, which he chairs, will hold hearings in September on the recent tobacco settlement, an issue of enormous concern to Helms (R-N.C.) and the 100,000 tobacco farmers in his home state.
NEWS
August 4, 1997 | From Associated Press
The No. 2 Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday that he would support going around Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) to convene a hearing on William F. Weld's nomination to become ambassador to Mexico. "A Senate chairman cannot be dictatorial, ultimately, when a majority of the committee, a majority of the Senate, a majority of the American people, want action," Sen. Richard G. Lugar, (R-Ind.) said on ABC-TV's "This Week" program.
NEWS
July 28, 1997 | ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Massachusetts' charismatic, blueblood governor, William F. Weld, intends to announce his resignation today to concentrate his efforts on his beleaguered bid to become the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico, White House officials traveling with the president in Los Angeles confirmed. Weld, a moderate Republican, spoke with White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles on Sunday to inform him of his plans, White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said.
