Word: mccormack
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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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...
...this vote," intoned Speaker John McCormack, "there are 235 in the affirmative." Before McCormack could announce the negative vote of 196, House Democrats exploded in applause. For the House, heeding the urgent pleas of President Kennedy, had just decided to keep the membership of its key Rules Committee at 15, with liberals presumably in control...
...thing. Speaker John McCormack has neither the House influence nor the enthusiasm for the expanded Rules Committee that Rayburn had. For another, this year's elections saw Republicans pick up two seats. And although some liberals argued that they had really increased their strength. President Kennedy, for one, knew better. Said he on television last week: "We are not in quite as good shape as we were for the last two years...
...investigation into the facts of the case, and an open hearing will be scheduled as soon as the investigation is completed. Washington's charges will be the first to be heard by the Police Review Board, which was established last month at the request of Atty. Gen. Edward J. McCormack, Jr., to act on citizens, complaints against police personnel...
...bothered to count bill-boards or television time, it seemed curious that Kennedy's total expenditures of $100,292 at the time of the primary amounted to less than half of Endicott "Chub" Peabody's '48 ($238,583), Democratic candidate for Governor, and only $20,000 more than Edward McCormack...