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...87th Congress began its sessions last week, liberal Democrats were ready for a finish fight to open the sluice gates controlled by the House Rules Committee and permit the free flow of liberal legislation to the floor. The liberal pressure bloc (which coyly masquerades under the name Democratic Study Group) had fought the committee before, and had always lost. This time, they were much better prepared and organized, and the political climate was favorable. They had the unspoken support of President-elect Kennedy, whose own legislative program was menaced by the Rules Committee bottleneck. And counting noses, they seemed...
...Senate launched the 87th Congress with its own version of an ancient liberal-conservative battle, but in contrast with the House's guerrilla war it seemed as pro forma as a Capitol guide's speech. Question at issue: How big a vote should be necessary to restrict Senate debate-and thereby cut off legislation-delaying filibusters...
Last week, as the 87th Congress convened and inauguration neared, the pundits, got out their batons to begin the job of conducting the Administration. Walter Lippmann, who during the campaign had frothed with impatience to reach the New Frontier, now, on arrival, thought it best to make haste slowly. "One good New Year's resolution." wrote he, "is to recognize that both at home and abroad the new Administration will need time to get organized. The Kennedy Administration does not have to improvise and to proceed breathlessly to do things. It needs to deliberate carefully, to plan thoroughly...
During the campaign, Democratic orators promised a grand symphony as pure as the lost chord if only a Democratic President was elected to work with the Democratic Congress. But last week, as the various virtuosos of the U.S. Senate began the tune-up for the 87th Congress, the discord sounded hauntingly familiar...
...result of all the ticket splitting was that, while some 50% of the electorate opted to follow John Kennedy out to the New Frontier, the new 87th Congress will be more conservative in makeup than the old. The G.O.P. gained two Senate seats (Delaware and Wyoming) and a net of 23 House seats (with four races still in doubt). The overall Democratic vote percentage in congressional races slipped from...