Word: congressed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Case Against Congress, Pearson and Anderson...
...less than 50%, as did John F. Kennedy. But not since Wilson's first election in 1912 with 41.9% of the vote, has a President received so small a share as Nixon has. And no other modern President has been elected to a first term to confront a Congress controlled by the opposition. Although the G.O.P. gained Senate strength, its progress toward domination of the House was surprisingly slight. The 91st Congress will be in Democratic hands...
Pennsylvania. To get into Congress in 1960, Republican Richard S. Schweiker had to buck G.O.P. pros. Now he has ousted two-term Democratic Senator Joseph S. Clark. A prosperous tile manufacturer and a Schwenkfelder-a member of one of Pennsylvania's "plain" sects-Schweiker, 42, does not smoke, rarely drinks, and then only wine. A self-styled moderate, he is an outspoken civil rights champion and an earnest advocate of draft reform...
...mobilization is intended as the first step in a campaign directed at the new Administration and Congress, urging immediate withdrawal of all troops from Vietnam...
...November 9th Mobilization Committee represents 20 different anti-war organizations. The rally has also been endorsed by the Boston University Student Congress and New England Resistance...