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...second session of the Democratic 85th Congress ran in a remarkable time. Its life was shaped by Russian Sputniks and rocket diplomacy. Middle East turmoil, U.S. economic recession, election-year politics-by its own generally responsible leadership, and, above all, by the firmest treatment Capitol Hill ever got from Dwight Eisenhower. Last May, after a slow start, the President came out swinging for his program and especially for three legislative "imperatives": 1) defense reorganization, 2) mutual security, and 3) reciprocal trade. These are the grades Congress might give itself on demands of the President and passing the tests of Year...
Johnson's unique ability to sense the paramount-or sometimes merely the hourly-issue, and then move fast to get control of it, has made him without rival the dominant figure of the Democratic 85th Congress. As such, his is the Face of Democratic performance, and he does indeed stand second in power only to the President...
...week, as he tirelessly loped through one of the most remarkable performances of a remarkable political career, Johnson stole the show from the other members of the U.S. Senate (50 Democrats, 46 Republicans) and House of Representatives (230 Democrats, 200 Republicans, 5 vacancies) who had gathered to open the 85th Congress, Second Session...
...Told that could not be done, Johnson was upset. "Now listen," he growled, "I told you to be ready." He had, in fact, given eight minutes' notice-which was quite a lot for a man whose breakneck energies had already turned the first week of the 85th Congress, Second Session, into a one-man show...
...Amount lopped from the fiscal 1958 defense budget by the 85th Congress, First Session...