Word: congressed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...NIXON ADMINISTRATION (NET, 8-10 p.m.). The program 1) profiles the people around the new President, 2) discusses the problems facing the new Administration, 3) presents a film of the transition from one Administration to another, and 4) gives a view of the 91st Congress...
...Hara invoked an 1887 statute under which a majority of both houses may reject any vote by an elector that has not been "regularly given." The motion was soundly defeated, but the two Democrats believe that they have made a point. Said Muskie: "I hope that the consequences of Congress' action are understood by all Americans-and by Congress itself...
...reform resolutions have been introduced since the 91st Congress convened. One, by Louisiana Democrat Hale Boggs, which retains the state electoral votes but disbands the college itself, provides for automatic election of any candidate receiving 40% of the electoral vote. If none gets that percentage, there would be a runoff election between the two leading candidates. A more realistic approach to the problem is offered in the Senate by Indiana Democrat Birch Bayh, who says there is "no more pressing business facing the nation," is pushing for the total abolition of the Electoral College system. Presidential elections would be decided...
...panel, Operations nevertheless has achieved a great deal of publicity under such diverse chairmen as the late Joseph McCarthy and the present John McClellan. Why Government Operations for Eugene McCarthy? As cryptic as ever, he rejoined: "If the medium is the message, as McLuhan says, then, extending it to Congress, the operation is the policy...
...with so many of his glittering hopes broken, Johnson makes his farewells, grinds through the last budget, the final State of the Union message. He gleans what satisfaction he can by recalling victories in Congress, his associations spanning three decades, his joy over the last moon shot. String music, champagne and nostalgia warm the waning days. "I love Washington," he said last week. "I love this capital...