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...there was little sentiment for wild pump-priming. That discovery shaped much of the course of the 85th Congress, second session-and what Congressmen find out about such issues as Berlin and the budget during the Easter recess that ends next week may well shape the course of the 86th Congress, first session...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Course-Shaping Recess | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

Probable answer in the Democratic 86th Congress: REA's low interest rates will not be raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Great Debate | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...senators, was the Southerners' strong choice for Democratic floor leader in 1953. But a couple of years ago, other duties began to keep him busy at caucus time, even as the Southerners were meeting in vital civil rights strategy sessions. This year, to their discomfiture, he opened the 86th Congress with a quick drive to weaken the filibuster-fostering Rule 22, followed up a fortnight later with his own civil rights bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Go West, Lyndon | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

...This seems to be the opening of the battle of the budget," said House Republican Leader Charles Halleck as the Democratic 86th Congress took up its first major pieces of legislation. "Already the budget busters are on the move." Charlie Halleck was dead right: the 1959 battle of the budget was flaming on all fronts last week-and there was little doubt that the budget busters were ahead in the preliminary skirmishes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BUDGET: Spending--by the Numbers | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...Best Time." At the breakfast with the Representatives, the Republicans discussed strategy for dealing with what seems likely to be the first major piece of legislation to be passed by the Democratic 86th Congress: a $575 million airport construction bill, providing for federal spending on such items as terminals and waiting rooms, as compared to the austere $200 million Administration program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Union--Now | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

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