Word: pucinski
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...went quietly behind his back, lined up enough votes to pass the bill over the chairman's objection; Passman eventually voted for the appropriation himself, rather than have it known he could not control his committee. Again, during the aid-to-education debate, Chicago's Representative Roman Pucinski threatened to kill the public school measure by tagging onto it a parochial school amendment. O'Brien appealed to Chicago Boss Dick Daley, who immediately telephoned Pucinski: "Who sent you there, me or the bishop?" he growled. "And who's going to keep you there...