Word: chairmanship
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...Congressman whose power and prestige depend substantially upon certain rules of organization and procedure, and attempt to change these rules jeopardizes his personal position. The loss of a committee chairmanship would damage the ego and the influence of any legislator anywhere, but the extent of the damage depends largely upon the nature of the legislature. In a body with serious ideological splits and strict party discipline, little individual bargaining and compromising is possible. The voting strength of the various blocs within the full membership determines which bills can be passed. In the U.S. Congress, party discipline is almost unheard...
They also know, partly from the example the Southerners have set, that calculated departures from the seniority system are one of the few weapons they have to encourage party loyalty. Finally, they know that they, being more senior than most of their colleagues, will soon inherit choice committee chairmanships--if they can maintain patience with the present system! This argument would be likely to impress even Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), whose liberal reputation might well keep him from a voted committee chairmanship. If the present rules are maintained, however, he will receive a chairmanship that no one could contest, simply...
Immediately after moving up to the chairmanship of the Banking Committee last year, Patman started preparing what has become one of the farthest reaching investigations in the Federal Reserve's 50-year history. Patman has a team of economists and consultants studying the system with a critical eye, intends to call twelve top non-Government economists to the stand by month's end, and is pressing for new legislation to curb the central bank...
Although it has been a full year since President Kennedy first proposed his tax bill to Congress, Johnson praised Byrd's committee for demonstrating "the ability of the Congress to respond clearly and promptly to pressing national needs." Byrd, he added, had shown "impartial chairmanship" of the group. But Johnson also warned that each day's delay before final passage "withholds from our economic blood stream $30 million, produces business uncertainty, and holds off business investment decisions that would create new jobs...
...committee to arrange a sesquicentennial celebration, under the chairmanship of A. James Casner '53, associate dean of the Law School, has been appointed by Erwin N. Griswold, dean of the Law School...