Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Volpe threatened to veto one scheme, charging that it favored Democratic congressional candidates. The leadership of the General Court rejected the other, claiming that it favored Republican candidates. Both the Governor and the legislature, however, agreed to approve a plan proposed by a delegation of shrewd, if self-seeking, congressmen. This plan, which the court of appeals just ruled illegal, apportioned Massachusetts so that one Republican and one Democratic congressmen were eliminated and that the re-election of the seven Democrats and five Republicans remaining was assured...
...libeling her, 2) his refusal to pay the original appeal court judgment of $46,500, and 3) his contempt sentences of 16 months in jail and at least $164,000 in additional damages. The Harlem Democrat also made thinly veiled threats to tattle on his "beloved" fellow Congressmen. But it was only after the press conference that Powell did indeed make a fantastic disclosure. He is thinking of running for President...
...Adam Clayton Powell affair. Deeply averse to any break with precedent, he unsuccessfully resisted both the Democratic-caucus move to strip Powell of his committee chairmanship, and the full House action to take away his seat pending a formal investigation. McCormack's stand particularly irritated young, liberal Congressmen, who have been increasingly unhappy about the Speaker's intractably traditionalist position. What McCormack failed to consider was that many a colleague was under heavy pressure from constituents to chastise the flamboyant Negro Congressman...
...encouraging sign, if he means to use the additional $45 billion in yearly revenue to ensure that domestic programs will not be cannibalized to feed the war. But more revenue will not be enough to pacify economy-minded Republicans; as Everett Dirksen said after the Johnson speech, the GOP congressmen will still be looking for ways to reduce the budget...
Only an ethics bill can give Congress a consistent standard for disciplining its members. In establishing definite codes of conduct for Congressmen, an ethics bill would allow Congress to punish its members quickly and decisively. And it would eliminite the dangers that Congress' motives would be misinterpreted by racial minorities and other pressure groups...