Word: capehart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this spirit, the House of Representatives voted to cut off appropriations for the buildings. Across the Capitol, Indiana's Republican Senator Homer Capehart was waiting in the same mood. After a talk with Air Force Secretary Harold Talbott, Capehart boomed: "He told me nothing was settled-no designs agreed upon. I told him the building should have lots of masonry work. I was fearful it would be made out of steel, aluminum and glass. I come from Indiana, and we have a lot of limestone there. Indiana Limestone Company produces...
Trapped, Joe attacked, but he fought the men who once stood at his side. McCarthy mocked Iowa's Senator Hick-enlooper, ranted at Indiana's Capehart. He sneered at California's Senator Knowland, saying that it should not be the Republican Party's role "to appease, to whine, to whimper." Crimson-faced, Knowland rose on the floor and roared in protest against the charge...
Cash & Carry. To postpone the Capehart vote, Johnson squeezed in two amendments dear to the Connecticut constituents of Republican Prescott Bush. Result: not only more time, but Bush's vote in the showdown. By accepting Republican Ralph Flanders' proposal to link the rate of housing starts to fluctuations in general business activity, Johnson won Flanders' vote. Then he cashed in lOUs with two other G.O.P. Senators, getting them to offset two of Johnson's absent Democrats by not voting themselves...
...only six Democrats, all Southerners, went over to Capehart's side. They were more than matched by the nine Republicans whom Johnson coaxed into his own column, most of them from the slum-troubled East...
...After Capehart's nose was rubbed, 38 to 44, the Democratic bill glided safely to a 60-to-25 decision, and a grateful Hubert Humphrey jumped to his feet to praise Johnson. Said Hubert: "His talents, his personality and the strength of his character are dedicated toward making the legislative process work." Added IIllinois' Paul Douglas: "Extraordinary political virtuosity...