Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 28, 1975
January 27, 1975
January 29, 1975
Transcript:
Senator: What do you think? Do we have the necessary votes on the floor? Voices: Yeah, a majority is certain. Maybe not two-thirds, though... Senator: Well, let's go with it anyway - we have to get this budget in shape! Voice: I agree. If we don't start cutting away some of the deadwood, we'll be in a hole so deep that only the Arabs could bail us out! Senator: Then it's settled? Voice: Except for one detail - who here wants to be the one to tell the President of the United States that he's being laid off? Scoop Jackson: I'll tell him! I'll tell him! Voice: Okay, Scoop - but be tactful...
