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...courts do next about his exclusion from the House? When he turns up on Capitol Hill with a new certificate of election, no one knows for certain how the House will react-although it has already voted by more than a two-thirds majority to exclude him from the 90th Congress, which lasts until the end of 1968. Certainly, Powell's recent antics have done nothing to increase his popularity among his former colleagues. Last week some 150 Congressmen signed a petition to the Justice Department requesting a prompt investigation of Powell's misuse of Government funds...
...advis ory opinion that he may safely ignore it on the seventh." Had Powell come to New" York and got himself arrested, there was a strong possibility that Harlem would have erupted in rioting-and that would hardly have enhanced his already slim chances of reinstatement in the 90th Congress...
...fitting question, considering the spectacular fall that Congressman Powell had taken earlier in the week. By an overwhelming majority of nearly 3 to 1, rebellious House members overrode their leaders, scrapped the recommendations of a select committee and voted to exclude Powell from the 90th Congress for his well-documented wrongdoings. The vote reflected not only their sentiment but the nation's as well...
...Northern Democrats and Republicans from all sections of the country. The next test was on a Republican motion to substitute exclusion for the punishment proposed by Celler. Gaining strength, the anti-Powell group won this round 248 to 176. On the final vote, to actually bar Powell from the 90th Congress, the count...
...fully aware of his record. If he chooses to enter the special election in Harlem's 18th District, he will undoubtedly win and return, as Celler said, "to haunt the House." Though the wording of the exclusion measure seems to bar Powell for the duration of the 90th Congress, the presentation of a new election certificate would probably force the House to act again to exclude...