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...that hearings begin this week and be limited to four weeks, cried that the motion's defeat was a "crushing blow" to the tax measure. Other Senators thought that the motion had been no more to begin with than an ill-conceived effort to pressure Finance Chairman Harry Byrd and an affront to the chairman's traditional prerogative of scheduling hearings. At week's end Byrd had yet to set a date for public hearings...
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Virginia (12). With Democrat Harry Byrd sitting another one out, Goldwater would win comfortably...
There, the bill faces rough going. It will first be entrusted to Conservative Democrat Harry Byrd, chairman of the 17-member Finance Committee and a renowned foe of high Government spending. Byrd could easily stretch out hearings for two months, and further delays are possible if the Senate becomes embroiled in a civil rights filibuster. Finally, changes must be worked out in a House-Senate conference. Kennedy wants the first stage of the bill to go into effect by Jan. 1, 1964, assuring that the full impact of the tax cut would be felt in an election year...
Since committee hearings are generally recessed while a Senate filibuster is in progress, Byrd may never have to hold any, if the Administration's civil rights bill provokes the expected filibuster. Byrd doubts that the tax bill will reach a vote on the Senate floor this year. Although he is often right in such forecasts, a good many things are working against him this time. Not least among these is the fact that the Kennedy Administration, mindful of the political advantages of a tax cut in an election year, is determined to go all out for the bill...