Word: rayburnisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that historic roll-call vote, the article of impeachment was adopted, 27 to 11, by the committee at 7:07 p.m. on a warm Saturday night in Room 2141 of Washington's Rayburn Office Building. Richard Nixon became only the second President to stand so accused by a committee of Congress. The impressive bipartisan nature of the vote increased the probability that the full House of Representatives will also vote to impeach...
...round of closed-door sessions is completed, it can be seen that at least part of the problem these past seven weeks was the committee's leisurely, three-day-a-week schedule. Members straggled into their seats on the two-tiered walnut dais in Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building, many often late for sessions that began at 9:30 a.m. and usually ended by 5:15 p.m. They had to recess for every quorum and roll call on the House floor, and also broke for 1¾-hr. lunches...
...late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, used to marvel at "those rolling waves of sentiment" that would occasionally engulf the House, abruptly establishing a solid consensus. Last week even Mister Sam might have been surprised at the swift surge of revulsion that swept both chambers of Congress. It came suddenly on Wednesday, eight days after the release of the presidential transcripts. The turn seemed to come with the gathering flow of mail running as much as 10-1 against the President, the opportunity for enough of the busy Congressmen finally to read through much of the transcripts...
...through the 1960s, oilmen worried constantly that a worldwide glut would lead to a catastrophic slump in prices; gas stations lured motorists with price wars, contests and giveaways of drinking glasses and steak knives; oil-bearing countries eagerly offered rich drilling concessions. And the late House Speaker Sam Rayburn...
With McCormack as his patron, O'Neill soon entered the inner circle of the House, where his blarney and good fellowship made him a quick favorite. O'Neill regularly attended the select meetings of Sam Rayburn's "board of education," afterhours sessions in the Speaker's office where the likes of Lyndon Johnson, Albert and McCormack met over bourbon to discuss the business of Congress...