Word: congress
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Income. Proposed hikes in the federal gasoline tax, aviation gas tax and postal rates (first-class mail to a flat 5?) will, if approved by Congress, help bring income into line with outgo...
...Democratic 86th Congress is certain to buck violently against the Administration budget in such fields as reclamation and social welfare. But in that sense the mere presentation of a balanced budget puts the Administration in a favorable position: anyone who wants to spend more will have to unbalance it-and suffer the possible political consequences...
...even as the Eisenhower Republicans sought a firmer stance, they could feel the rug being pulled out from under them by their political leader. Dwight Eisenhower, after years of insisting that the internal affairs of the Congress were none of his business, had suddenly decided to take a hand. On the record, Ike was merely pleading with Senate Republicans not to get into a ruinous fight. Actually, he was doing everything possible to defeat the Republican Senators who were battling on his behalf...
...President's belief was that with only 34 Republicans in the Senate of the 86th Congress, he should seek unity at all costs-and he thought that kind of unity could be best achieved under the Old Guard leadership, even though it has steadfastly opposed him. So the White House staff went into action. Items...
...Home" letter from innkeeping Husband Andy Knutson (TIME, May 19 et seq.), Coya last week got Andy to the Capitol to admit he had written the letter at the instigation of his wife's political opponents and to add that he would like to see Coya back in Congress. The House committee found that Republican Langen had taken no part in the letter writing, tactfully suggested that Coya Knutson's marital problems were a matter for Minnesota voters to pass...