Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There is a contradiction when many Negroes fight and die in a war for democracy 10,000 miles away when they've never lived as first-class Americans in a country committed to democracy," Conyers, one of 11 Congressmen who voted against war appropriations this year declared...
...will react-although it has already voted by more than a two-thirds majority to exclude him from the 90th Congress, which lasts until the end of 1968. Certainly, Powell's recent antics have done nothing to increase his popularity among his former colleagues. Last week some 150 Congressmen signed a petition to the Justice Department requesting a prompt investigation of Powell's misuse of Government funds...
...citizenship and state residence? In the past, the House has excluded members on a variety of grounds without interference from the courts. But now that Powell has brought suit to regain his seat, a clash between the judicial and legislative branches may be imminent. On the Hill, many Congressmen argue that the judiciary has no right to intervene in internal congressional affairs. Thus New York Attorney Bruce Bromley, who was retained last week to represent the House, was under instructions to limit his argument to the question of the court's jurisdiction rather than the merits of Powell...
...carried on by an estimated 1,500 so-called "legal cadres," members who carefully skirt the law forbidding Communism in the Philippines. Many of them openly strive to win positions of power. According to Filipino intelligence estimates, at least 176 barrio captains, dozens of mayors, a handful of Congressmen and at least one, possibly two, provincial governors are either Huks or under Huk discipline...
...said that the rest of the plan was under study. After home-rule opponents consider the plan carefully, they will undoubtedly realize its potential for completely derailing the home-rule movement. The Board of Trade has always favored D.C. representation in Congress because it has dealt satisfactorily with favorite Congressmen...