Word: byrneses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Timely Call. Why was President Kennedy so solicitous toward a relatively unknown Congressman? It happens that Burleson is leader of a loosely organized group of some 50 House Democrats, mainly Southern conservatives, who consider themselves an "economy bloc" -and are less reverently known as the "Boll Weevil Club." With Republicans...
A week before the House was to vote, Burleson's group had agreed to support Byrnes's proposal that the second stage of the two-year tax cut could not go into effect unless the net national debt was below $303 billion next July 1. Kennedy took to...
In a desperate effort to make his proposal more attractive to more Congressmen, Byrnes switched to a hastily drawn amendment that would have merely required the President to present a fiscal 1964 budget under $97 billion and a 1965 budget under $98 billion. But a budget is only a presidential...
Yet at the same time, there was no doubt about a determined G.O.P. drive to link a tax cut with a reduction in Government spending. One attempt to do just that was defeated by a single vote in the House Ways and Means Committee two weeks ago, but the so...
Fits on the Floor. When the bill reaches the House floor, it will be treated under a "closed rule" barring floor amendments and limiting debate to two days. Even so, says Byrnes, "we will give them fits on the floor." Once voting begins, Byrnes can move to recommit the bill...