Word: parliamentarians
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Iron Backbone. In Congress, Albert became extraordinarily popular. Small (5 ft. 4 in., 150 Ibs.) and self-effacing, he showed himself to be considerate of other members' sensitivities, and trustworthy. Regarded as a tireless worker and gifted parliamentarian, he became assistant Democratic leader in 1955 under Rayburn, who called him "one of the greatest whips the House has ever known." With the death of Rayburn in 1961, Albert was promoted to party floor leader. He became Speaker in 1971, after the retirement of John W. McCormack...
...century later that case is being applied to Agnew's situation by Speaker Albert and other House leaders, as well as by House Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler. They have not finally resolved the question, but their present feeling is that Agnew cannot be impeached for what he did as executive of Baltimore County or Governor of Maryland, perhaps even if he continued to receive deferred payments while Vice President for deals made earlier. Only if the evidence should show that he, for example, took a bribe in return for some vice-presidential act or favor could he be impeached. That...
Dreben, who acts as the Faculty's parliamentarian, will also assume the post of associate dean of the Faculty for Graduate Education. That post will undoubtedly entail direct contact with the graduate students on the issue of financing graduate education...
...assistant to Ohio Congressman Charles A. Vanik, spent one nonstop 4½-hr. class session on such not-so-trivial basics as where to turn in a proposed bill (in the "hopper" at the side of the Speaker's platform), who will assign it to a committee (the parliamentarian), who controls the parliamentarian (the Speaker) and what to do if both the parliamentarian and the Speaker refuse to help get it to the committee where it will have the best chance of passage (rewrite it so it can be sent to a more favorable committee). The congressional fledglings were...
TIME Correspondent Honor Balfour writes: "There has been no rejoicing, not even among the government's opponents, over Maudling's resignation, for he is the most popular man in politics. He is honest, sincere, good-tempered, a genial and competent parliamentarian, tolerant and broadminded, yet capable of tough action where necessary, self-confident, a highly civilized man and a most experienced Minister." Colleagues sometimes joked that "Reggie's only trouble is that he is still in love with his wife," meaning that he had remained more wedded to his wife Beryl, a former dancer and actress, than...