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...head off trouble. He pleads with recalcitrant Senators for support, does favors to pacify them, like scheduling their pet bills, or tries to put off action on controversial legislation until antagonists compromise on their own. During last year's session, Byrd's first as majority leader, he ran the chamber with a firm and sure hand that had not been seen since the days when Lyndon Johnson was majority leader...
...days, many members of Congress leaned heavily on their leaders for guidance and usually voted as they were told. Often, when the House took up a bill, a committee chairman would spell out its provisions in debate to an almost empty chamber. Then, as the bells rang for a vote and members rushed into the chamber, the doorkeeper shouted the leaders' instructions to them, "The vote is aye, the vote is aye." Or, conversely...
...were made before press and public, not in secret as they previously would have been. The seniority system has been weakened, eliminating many of the old, autocratic committee chairmen who could block important legislation on a whim. Chairmen, who are now elected by members of the majority in each chamber, have become more responsive to the rank and file...
...more than 13,000 people who staff the committees and offices of members of Congress are neither malign nor inconspicuous. Many of them can be seen standing behind the rail at the rear of the House, and slipping in formation to Senators on the floor of the other chamber...
Nowadays there are specialty cruises tailored for backgammon fiends or chamber-music fanciers or homosexuals. Most people who go down to the sea for their vacations simply want good fun at a good price-and find that many cruises almost live up to the travel ads. Cruise prices run somewhere between $85 and $100 a day, with almost no extras except tips and liquor, which can be purchased for 950 or so per drink. Savvy travelers choose their cruises wisely, considering the ship's size (big ones roll less but sometimes have many decks and too few elevators...