Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other security agency be denied the authority to check out White House staffers who handle the nation's top secrets? Just what kind of atmosphere prevails in Washington when local police would rather let a case rest than risk getting "burned" by Government officials or Congressmen...
Kansas: Both U.S. Senators and all five Congressmen are Republicans, and Kansans seem likely to pick silver-haired Republican William Avery, 53, a ten-year congressional veteran, over Democrat Harry Wiles, 48, a St. John attorney...
Second, the MFDP hopes to challenge the legality of Mississippi's congressional elections, maintaining that the congressmen "were elected by a grossly discriminatory voting proceedure," and using the freedom vote as proof of this allegation...
Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield rose in the Senate to propose that the Congress recess until after the Nov. 3 elections, then return to finish its work. A chorus of protest swept the chamber. In the House, California Democrat Chet Holifield cried: "This House should adjourn!" Congressmen cheered and clapped in agreement. In such a mood of rebellion, the lawmakers last week spurned the pleas of President Johnson and finally adjourned the 88th Congress...
...where he took the oath of office, stood the burned-out husk of the Pan American Airways Building, destroyed in last January's Canal Zone riots. On rooftops around the palace, troops with rifles at the ready guarded against a rumored assassination attempt. Inside, a handful of opposition Congressmen managed to delay the inauguration two hours with a noisy parliamentary argument. Yet Robles brimmed with confidence. "I have never in my life felt stronger," he said. "There is not power enough in the country to stop...