Word: filibusterer
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For labor, the moment of defeat approached last week, as Minority Leader Everett Dirksen's anti-repeal filibuster droned into its sixth day. Though the House had voted for a repeal bill in July, and a majority of Senators (at least 55) nominally opposed 14(b) for various reasons...
The Administration, determined to honor a campaign debt to organized labor, was unconditionally committed to repeal of the Taft-Hartley "right to work" clause, anathema to labor because it allows individual states to outlaw the union shop. Nevertheless, Dirksen's filibuster, powered by a hard-core coalition of some...
Though it would obviously benefit Sparkman to keep Wallace out of the contest for U.S. Senator, Sparkman's chief lieutenant in the state senate, Bob Gilchrist, immediately declared that he would lead the opposition. To delay consideration of Wallace's amendment, Gilchrist introduced a pile of extraneous bills...
Most observers feel that Mansfield has the votes (51) to pass the repeal bill, but not enough (67) to stop a filibuster. Why not just postpone everything for next session? If that is done, the bill becomes the first order of business for the new Senate in January, and Dirksen...
Last week, asked on TV when he thought Congress would adjourn, Ev replied: "I could say, 'Get your Thanksgiving turkey now,' or 'Buy the trimmings for your Christmas tree.' We have some vitality and if 14(b) is going to be dished up, I can assure...