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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Rep. Phillips proposed a new Republican strategy in the House to remove Secretary of State Dean Acheson by amending appropriations to bar payment to those with recent foreign government ties, targeting Acheson's past law firm associations.
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WASHINGTON, (AP)—Rep. Phillips today came up with a new strategy for House Republicans seeking to force Dean Acheson out of office as Secretary of State.
Phillips, a member of the Appropriations Committee, has drafted an amendment which would strike Acheson from the State Department payroll without mentioning him by name. Attempts to eliminate individuals by name have been blocked in the past by court rulings.
Phillips' amendment would prohibit use of any State Department funds to pay anyone in the department who in the previous five years "was connected directly or indirectly with a business or professional office, any part of whose income was derived from business relations with or professional services for any government other than the government of the U.S."
"That would get Acheson," Phillips told newsmen, "because his law firm represented some foreign governments within the past five years and while he still was associated with it."
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proposed amendment to bar payment to state department officials with recent foreign government business ties, targeting acheson without naming him.
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Rep. Phillips, a member of the Appropriations Committee, drafted an amendment for House Republicans to force Dean Acheson out as Secretary of State by prohibiting State Department funds for anyone connected to businesses deriving income from foreign governments in the past five years, due to Acheson's law firm representing foreign governments while associated with it. Past name-specific attempts were blocked by courts.