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...become the Democrats' biggest political issue in the 84th Congress. In the House, Speaker Sam Rayburn managed to push through a $20-a-person cut, despite opposition by the Eisenhower Administration. Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson knew that he could not get the flat $20 cut through the Senate, so he designed a tax bill that was a politician's dream: it seemed to help the little fellow, to hurt the bigger fellow, and to help balance the budget. Nevertheless, the Senate last week voted down Johnson's dream...
...first session of the U.S. Congress, in 1789, the members of the House and Senate set their own pay at $6 for each day they were present. Since then, from time to time, Congressmen have nudged the figure upward. Last week the 84th Congress, armed with the recommendations of a citizens' commission, gave itself a raise of 50%, from $15,000 to $22,500 a year...
...through the 83rd Congress. But the most significant thing that happened during the first week was that Speaker Rayburn designated as House Bill No. 1 a bill to carry out President Eisenhower's recommendations for a liberal foreign trade program. It is in this field that the 84th Congress has its best chance for a solid achievement...
Caucus in Bed. It was a dignified, simple ceremony, as the 84th Congress convened last week, and one that pleased Neuberger, who, unlike his senior colleague from Oregon, has resolved to be humbly uncontroversial for a while and to make a good impression on his fellow Senators. Since his election he had prudently declined nearly all of the 168 invitations to speak and appear on radio and television, in the tradition that Senate freshmen should be seen and not heard...
Washington finds the two Senators from Oregon fascinating, but doesn't know quite what to make of them. Neither is likely to have much real effect on the 84th Congress, yet each is almost certain to make headlines. The two share a peculiar position in midcentury political history: if Morse had taken his own advice of a few years ago and remained loyal to his party, the Republicans would control the Senate; if 1,500 fewer Oregonians had voted for Neuberger, the G.O.P. could have organized the Senate in spite of Wayne Morse...