Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...engine companies come roaring to the scene. Then, just as the wind rises, you get a message saying that what the editors really want to know is the amount of property damage and also a complete biography and personality sketch of the arsonist." Actually, says McConaughy, the number of Congressmen a reporter talks to each day is not necessarily significant. "One day you may spend six hours in the House lobby just fishing and shooting the breeze and talk to 30 of them and get nothing. The next day one phone call will result in a story." What is important...
After five months of studying the financial difficulties that beset federal judges and Congressmen, the 18-member Commission on Judicial and Congressional Salaries last week reported that they 1) are "grossly underpaid" and 2) deserve a raise. Among the commission's findings: ¶ The average Congressman spends $3,000 a year more than his $12,500 salary...
...Many Congressmen have had to return to private life after a few years to recoup...
...Raise salaries of Congressmen and district judges from...
...Compensate Congressmen for six trips a year home instead...