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...second session of the 94th Congress got down to serious business, the Democratic leadership in the House made plans to carry the fight directly to Ford on the issue of jobs. Within a fortnight, the Democrats hope to pass three bills that, they claim, would create work for 1.4 million people...
...women serve in the 94th Congress, up from 16 in the 93rd. Mississippi and Kentucky last fall elected women as Lieutenant Governors (New York already had one). More than 1,200 women in 1974 were candidates for state legislative office, one-third more than in 1972. About half of them...
...Distinguished," said House Majority Leader Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill of the 94th Congress that reached mid-point last week. "Futile," declared House Minority Leader John Rhodes, judging the same performance...
...present, the bill is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was reintroduced into the 94th Congress by Senators John McLelland (D-Ark.) and Roman Hruska...
...Three months is a generation in politics," Vice President Alben Barkley once observed, and as Democratic members of Congress returned to Washington this week from their holiday recess, they fervently hoped that Barkley's adage still held true. The 94th Congress was supposed to be a Democratic triumph, but in the past three months the session has turned into an almost unmitigated Democratic disaster because of a crushing succession of failures to overturn presidential vetoes. Nonetheless, the party's congressional leaders believe that time yet remains to salvage enough of their program to retrieve their self-esteem...