Word: bollinger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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And if you are a liberal Congressman in the 1960's who has enjoyed a favorable relationship with the establishment like Missouri Congressman Richard Bolling, your view will not be the same as that of a liberal senator of the same period like Pennsylvania's Joseph Clark, who has been...
The ability of the Democratic Study Group (an organization of liberal Congressmen) to pass a number of reforms in the Democratic caucus and in the House this January brought a good deal of attention to Congressman Bolling's House Out of Order, a book written to urge passage of similar...
Bolling had been a protege of Speaker Sam Rayburn, and as such a spokesman for the establishment with which the DSG was frequently at odds. At the same time, however, Bolling, as a convinced liberal, took part in Study Group activities. DSG leaders have remarked that Bolling would come to...
After Rayburn's death, Bolling tried to remain in the establishment by running for the majority leader's position but withdrew when it became obvious that he would be beaten by Carl Albert. Realizing that he would no longer occupy a favored position with the establishment, Bolling turned more unreservedly...
In the Spring of 1963, Harvard Young Democrats were told by Bolling that he was coming out with a bold new plan to replace the seniority system. The details of the plan would be released in a new book. The book has come out, but it, and the new plan...