Word: rayburnisms
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...help keep the legislative gears well oiled, Charlie Halleck uses "the Clinic," a secluded Capitol office comparable to Democratic Leader (and former Speaker) Sam Rayburn's "Board of Education," where Mister Sam's friends can sip at a bourbon-and-branch-water. Teetotaler Martin rarely visits the Clinic, but there, at the end of a long day, Halleck quenches the thirst of his assistant whips and plans the next day's work...
...bipartisan move began when Minority Leader Rayburn strode down the aisle. The 372 members present stopped their chattering as respected Sam Rayburn turned to the House...
...back into the corral. When the vote came, the move for bigger exemptions went down, 210 to 204. Every G.O.P. Representative was either present or paired-a rare occurrence in the House-and only ten of them stood up with the Democrats. Under the spur of Minority Leader Sam Rayburn, the Democrats' showing was just as impressive: a mere nine Democrats, four of them Rayburn's fellow Texans, sided with the Republicans, and only six were not recorded at all. Not in years had party lines held so firmly on a legislative-as distinguished from a procedural-issue...
This week House Democratic Leader Sam Rayburn, stung by the G.O.P. attack, lashed back. Said Mister Sam: The attacks on Democrats by men in high administration circles were "mean, untrue and dastardly...
Predictable Urge. On Capitol Hill, some members of Congress thought that expenditures and/or taxes were 1) not cut enough, 2) cut too much, 3) cut in the wrong places. House minority Leader Sam Rayburn went on record with a worry about the cuts in defense spending. Crusty Republican John Taber, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, growled: "I believe that a $3 billion cut would get rid of the deficit, and I hope and believe that we will be able to accomplish this without any trouble." Probably the first place the economy-minded will look is at the $5.4 billion...