Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House Speaker Sam Rayburn swept through the door of the Speaker's lobby and onto the floor of the House. This time something new happened, a violation of custom for which old Capitol Hill newsmen could recall no precedent: in a grand gesture of affection and respect, both Congressmen and spectators stood up and applauded the old man as he started up the steps to the Speaker's rostrum...
...minute roll call was almost cruelly suspenseful. Though both camps had counted the votes in advance with exquisite care. Congressmen hovered tensely over tally sheets. In the galleries, as the roll call seesawed toward an end. each new no drew a low, hissing gasp of disappointment. The galleries were clearly on Mister Sam's side...
...Camp. Fortnight ago, with Democratic Congressmen from the Northern and Western states solidly behind him, plus a sprinkling of Southern Democrats, Rayburn thought he could count on enough liberal Republican votes on his side to assure a majority on the floor. But then House Republican chieftains, captained by Indiana's gut-fighting Minority Leader Charles A. Halleck, decided to make opposition to the Rayburn plan an official party stand. That move dragged all but 20 or so of the Republican liberals out of the Rayburn camp. Then some of the Southern Democrats who had agreed to vote with Rayburn...
...back and forth half a dozen times within the week. A freshman Congressman got an offer of a dam for his home district if he would vote with Rayburn. A pressure campaign organized by the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Farm Bureau Federation and other conservative lobbies deluged Congressmen with letters and telegrams urging them to vote against the Rayburn plan. With matching ardor, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the civil rights lobbies tried to swing votes to Rayburn...
...Senator Harrison ("Pete") Williams to run, but Williams flatly refused. President Kennedy's choice was his good friend and House troubleshooter, U.S. Representative Frank Thompson, and he exerted heavy personal pressure to persuade Thompson to run. But Thompson likes Washington and enjoys his repute as one of the Congressmen closest to Kennedy. He hemmed, then hawed, then declined. His privately given reason: his 16-year-old daughter Anne asked him if he was upset about possibly having to run for Governor. Thompson said "Yes." "Well," said Anne, "whatever you decide is all right with me." Thompson asked her what...