Word: congressmen
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During that same morning, O'Brien heard warnings, gave orders and expressed gratitude in a dozen other telephone calls; he talked to Congressmen, lobbyists, Democratic National Chairman John Bailey and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Between calls, he raced downstairs three times for quick conferences with President Kennedy. Then he was off to Capitol Hill for a meeting with Lyndon Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield in the Vice President's office. After lunching on the run, O'Brien talked to a dozen Congressmen, examined the fever charts of a dozen pending bills. Returning...
Discovering the best is the job of Bobby Kennedy and his deputy, Colorado's ex-All America Halfback Byron ("Whizzer") White. From Senators, Congressmen, judges, lawyers and party wheel horses, the Justice Department has so far received more than 1,300 nominations for the vacant judgeships. Some of the names were easily scratched off the list: a handful of Democratic bigwigs-including California's Governor Pat Brown-foolishly suggested their brothers and cousins. (One politician, whose relative was summarily turned down, taunted Kennedy with the comment: "Your brother got you your job." Bobby's answer: "Yeah...
...billion foreign aid program on a five-year basis, without having to return to Congress with a begging bowl each year. Kennedy's proposal made sense in the need to be able to match Khrushchev in long-term commitments to needy nations. But Congressmen do not lightly surrender the power of the purse as a lever on the Executive. Harry Byrd, dean of Senate conservatives and as accurate a vote counter as exists on Capitol Hill, was pretty sure that his amendment would not pass. But he hoped for a moral victory that would encourage the foes...
...Dinh Diem packed up and left with an older brother, Ngo Dinh Thuc, a Catholic priest, for a trip around the world. Reaching the U.S., Diem paused to rest and meditate at Maryknoll Junior College in Lakewood, N.J. While there, he made trip after trip to Washington to harangue Congressmen and Government officials in the cause of Vietnamese independence. "The French may be fighting the Communists," he insisted, "but they are also fighting the people...
...large election. Hawaii, Texas, Michigan and Ohio, each with one additional Congressman to pick, will probably choose him by statewide election. But in other states, because redistricting is hopelessly snarled between a Governor and a legislature of different parties or because redistricting has been blocked by voter petitions, all Congressmen may be forced to run at large. Minnesota, losing one of nine, Pennsylvania (three of 30), Illinois (one of 25) and Arkansas (two of six) may all solve current impasses in this fashion. In 1962, as many as 84 Congressmen-a record number-may have to run at large unless...