Word: hallecks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This seems to be the opening of the battle of the budget," said House Republican Leader Charles Halleck as the Democratic 86th Congress took up its first major pieces of legislation. "Already the budget busters are on the move." Charlie Halleck was dead right: the 1959 battle of the budget was flaming on all fronts last week-and there was little doubt that the budget busters were ahead in the preliminary skirmishes...
...already taken the trouble to hint that he will veto massive Democratic housing and airport legislation programs -they will be held accountable for the resulting deficit. The President has hinted at a tax cut next year if the line is held this year, and House Minority Leader Charlie Halleck has all but promised it; at a time when taxes are climbing at state and local levels, big-spending Democrats might be held responsible for knifing the cut. If the Democrats go along with the budget -and if it does balance as promised -the Republicans can claim the credit...
...look carried over to the postconference briefing session with newsmen. Where Knowland had often been barely able to hide his distaste for key parts of the Eisenhower program, the new leaders seemed downright enthusiastic. Said Charlie Halleck: "We were all impressed with the attainability of a balanced budget without sacrifice or injury to essential programs of Government. If we can hold the line on this program, it means not only will we have a good economic year but that the cost of living can be stabilized and held down." Added Everett Dirksen, signaling a new day in the relationships between...
...years past, Bill Knowland sometimes dominated the legislative conferences, making ponderous speeches on the coequality of the executive and legislative branches of Government. But last week the new leaders made constructive suggestions at a session marked by far more give and take than before. Charlie Halleck, for example, came up with a plan to invite White House aides and Cabinet officers to House Republican Policy Committee dinners. "Good," said President Eisenhower. "I think it's a fine idea...
...friend, Joseph W. Martin Jr., ousted Republican Floor Leader (TIME, Jan. 19). The resolutions: authorization for Martin (as the only living former Speaker of the House) to keep the chauffeured Cadillac and most of the extra staff of the leadership office he lost to Indiana's Congressman Charles Halleck. Mr. Sam grandly ruled unanimous consent on his surprise package, despite a noisy objection from Tennessee's loose-tongued Ross ("Largemouth") Bass,*who said it was "an unusual precedent." ¶ Pennsylvania's six-term Republican Congressman Carroll Kearns, onetime Chicago Symphony soloist (baritone) fights a lonely battle...