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...87th Congress died bitterly, but the 88th convened in a climate of sweetness and light. The Senate postponed its customary opening filibuster until after the President's State of the Union message this week. The House whisked past its Rules Committee disagreement so fast that nobody really had time to get mad. Of course, all the friendship would not last long-but while it did it was nice...
...rank-and-filers then hit upon a fascinating statistic: of the 176 Republican Representatives soon to convene in the 88th Congress, a majority of 96 would have six years seniority or less. Among these, almost certainly, could be found a sizable nucleus for rebellion against Halleck's entrenched leadership...
There they came, streaming into Washington filled with plans and programs and hopes and fears and endless ambitions. They were the members of the 88th Congress, preparing to convene this week...
...88th Congress "should be a little bit more amenable" to the Kennedy Administration's programs than the last Congress, according to Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government. Beer declared that the President's tax proposals "will probably pass in some form" and that the outlook for the budget--reportedly $99 billion--was fairly good...
Congresswoman Green made a number of predictions about the 88th Congress. Among them...