Word: congressmen
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Mere mention of the words "foreign aid" is enough to bring out the beast in many Congressmen. Yet last week, after four hours of debate, and by a 249 to 148 vote, the House authorized a $3.37 billion foreign aid program-only $12.7 million less than President Johnson had originally asked...
...Surrey, 54, earns his $27,000 a year by putting in ten hours a day, six days a week at his paper-strewn desk, lugs a briefcase stuffed with documents to his Georgetown home most nights, rarely takes a vacation. Surrey has a grasp of taxation that has impressed Congressmen and Presidents alike, but he is such an articulate advocate of tax reform and such an implacable foe of tax loopholes that oil, mining and banking interests tried to block his nomination. He helped shape the $1.5 billion depreciation reform of 1962 and the $11.5 billion income...
...both houses to members' offices, and electronic voting. New York's Democratic Representative Benjamin Rosenthal, who recently had an efficiency expert study his own office staff's procedure, thought every Congressman should have access to such help. Rosenthal also suggested a central personnel pool for shorthanded Congressmen, a digest of news and editorial comment for Congressmen, regular annual summer vacations...
...Monroney-Madden committee will hear two more weeks of testimony from Congressmen, later listen to political scientists, businessmen, labor leaders, and anyone else who has ideas about how to streamline Congress. The committee has until the end of next January to report its recommendations...
...presenting a candidate who offers a real choice to the voter, who will fight a real contest, and who has a real chance to win." The Post's Doris Fleeson called Lindsay "a great thoroughbred with breeding and heart." All 13 of Lindsay's fellow G.O.P. Congressmen from New York issued a statement telling of the city's vital need for "the bold and vigorous and understanding leadership that a John Lindsay can give." Cried Republican State Chairman Carl Spad: "John Lindsay is the right candidate in the right election in the right year." And Republican Senator...