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...good humor extended to the re-election of House and Senate officers. Republicans routinely put up Leader Charles Halleck to contest Massachusetts' John McCormack for Speaker. McCormack, of course, won on a straight party-line vote, in his acceptance speech jokingly noted that he had been behind in the early returns but emerged victorious when "the Democratic strongholds came...
...thing, 28 Republicans voted with the Administration and against Minority Leader Charlie Halleck's point-blank opposition to the expanded Rules Committee. These Republicans, mostly younger ones, were tired of allowing the Administration to blame its legislative defeats on the "obstructionist" G.O.P.Southern Democrat coalition on the Rules Committee. They preferred to let Administration bills come on to the floor-and then try to beat the legislation in a House that is nearly three fifths Democratic...
Everyone can agree that House G.O.P. Leader Charlie Halleck is a fearsome, toe-to-toe political slugger. But to a lot of young House Republicans, this is not nearly enough. They complain that Halleck opposes for the sake of opposing, refuses to consider constructive G.O.P. alternatives to Democratic programs, and thus contributes to a negative Republican image. It has got so bad that these young Republicans do not even think "The Ev and Charlie Show" is funny...
...rank-and-filers then hit upon a fascinating statistic: of the 176 Republican Representatives soon to convene in the 88th Congress, a majority of 96 would have six years seniority or less. Among these, almost certainly, could be found a sizable nucleus for rebellion against Halleck's entrenched leadership...
With silent infighting skill that even Charlie Halleck must have admired, the rebels set about rounding up votes; they found them among Republicans of all ideological shades. When House Republicans finally caucused last week, the insurgents were in command: they elected Ford over Hoeven by a vote of 86 to 78, won seven new seats for themselves on the House Republican Policy Committee...