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...eventually can be made simply. We find such detailed preparation essential to provide the documentation that buttresses a judgment or rebuts a counterargument. But when all is said and done, we are happiest when the essence of a story can be told as quickly as the description of the 88th Congress in this week's NATION section...
Ordinarily, the Easter season is a time for the members of the U.S. Congress to declare a recess, go back home, mingle with the voters, and talk about their legislative record so far. This year they will go home, but they will not have much to talk about: the 88th Congress in its second session is perhaps the do-nothingest in history...
...issue you listed the religious affiliations of the members of the 88th Congress. You cited that there is a "Schwenkfeldian" in Congress...
Last March 26, his 88th birthday, he received from President Kennedy a medal voted him by Congress. Earlier, President Eisenhower had named him a consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress...
Among members of the 88th Congress, a Congregationalist is likely to be a Republican (19 to 5) and a Baptist is likely to be a Democrat (49 to 12)-but there are plenty of Methodists for both parties. With 102 Senators and Representatives, Methodists have passed Roman Catholics as the largest religious group in Congress for the first time since 1959. Congress also has a Schwenkfeldian, a Cumberland Presbyterian and a Seventh-Day Baptist -and six members who give no affiliation at all. The figures...