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...members continued to oppose Senator Paul Douglas' dogged efforts to whack some of the pork and patronage out of bureau payrolls, road projects, and reclamation dam plans in its huge ($32.5 billion) omnibus appropriation bill. Illinois' Douglas took his defeats philosophically. At one point when William Langer, standing next to him, was self-righteously arguing for flood control in his state of North Dakota, pumping out his reasons with his right arm, Douglas reached out and grasped Langer's hand and whimsically pumped along with...
...into a drawer and pushed it out of sight. Republican Floor Leader Kenneth Wherry looked at Majority Floor Leader Scott Lucas' list of 22 "must" bills, and agreed to cooperate if it was whittled down to six: expansion of social security, extension of the draft and MAP, the omnibus $29 billion appropriation bill, a bill cutting excise taxes, and a final attempt to pass FEPC. Said Ohio's Robert A. Taft with a grin: "Our part of the deal would be to keep the boys from talking." Adjournment target: August...
First the House fastened its teeth to the $29 billion omnibus appropriation bill. The more the House looked at the thing, the bigger the bill had grown-an additional $385 million for national defense, millions for creeks, dams and other sordid items of pork-barrel politics. It had become just too much to digest; besides, members had been getting letters from constituents demanding an end to reckless spending. With more courage than it had shown all year, the House put its jaws to work...
...wild parliamentary scuffles, and it lasted for almost nine hours. With Democrats bolting the Administration in droves, both amendments passed and the whole omnibus bill was finally voted out, with $2 billion eliminated from Harry Truman's original requests. The bill, at $28.9 billion, was sent on to the Senate...
Despite his thorough background in teaching and school administration, Adams knew he would find that following George Zook was no easy job. Since 1934, Zook had seen that omnibus organization grow from 269 to 1,093 member groups, representing most of the important U.S. public-school systems, private and state-supported colleges and universities, and education societies. Under Zook, the council also became a strong bridge between U.S. educational institutions and the U.S. Government, had one of the most respected independent voices in all U.S. education policymaking. Two measures that had strong A.C.E. support: the Mead bill for G.I. student...