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...Union as the 49th state. Last state to be admitted: Arizona, Feb. 14, 1912. Reason for the precise timing: the 85th Congress expired at noon, and signature any earlier would have given Alaska's two Senators and single Representative a seniority lead on the new members of the 86th Congress...
...86th Congress convenes this week, Senate liberals of both parties see in the 1958 Democratic electoral sweep a mandate for civil rights legislation. But the path to civil rights-and, in fact to any legislation that a minority wants to fight to the death-is blocked by the prospect of filibuster. The liberals' first major effort, therefore, is aimed at changing U.S. Senate Rule XXII-under which it is virtually impossible to get cloture, i.e., to close off filibusters. What the Rule XXII fight is about...
...debate, Rule XXII now requires the votes of two-thirds of the Senators "duly chosen and sworn"-a hard-to-get 66 votes in the 98-member Senate of the 86th Congress...
...their eagerness to protect and legislate for one ethnic minority group, a hearty band of Senate liberals seems prepared to jeopardize the rights of all political minorities. If the liberal changes in Senate rules are adopted when the 86th Congress convenes Wednesday, the amended procedures may someday embarass their creators and doom some of their favorite legislation...
...President's belief was that with only 34 Republicans in the Senate of the 86th Congress, he should seek unity at all costs-and he thought that kind of unity could be best achieved under the Old Guard leadership, even though it has steadfastly opposed him. So the White House staff went into action. Items...