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...RAYBURN-HUGHES Ipswich, England
...been successfully repaired in such far older buildings as London's St. Paul's Cathedral and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. They also resent the fact that Stewart is an engineer rather than an architect and ridicule the "Mussolini Modern" aspect of the huge-and hugely expensive-Rayburn House Office Building, erected under his aegis...
...Rules Committee, and the committee often had decisive influence over the fate of bills. Smith repeatedly used that strength with great skill to block, dilute or delay social welfare legislation and civil rights bills. Though he kept the chairmanship his authority crumbled when John Kennedy and House Speaker Sam Rayburn succeeded in adding anti-Smith members to the committee. Smith also lost influence as the House grew more liberal...
What spurs on preservationists is that the project is controlled by an Architect of the Capitol who is not an architect. They recall that J. George Stewart, 76, an engineer and onetime Congressman, was responsible for the multimillion-dollar fiasco of the Rayburn House Office Building across the street south of the Capitol. Stewart's critics were also furious when he used marble in the east front extension...
...House chamber boasted new, plum-colored wall-to-wall carpeting. In the new House office building, the larger-than-life bronze of Sam Rayburn, originally placed so that it faced away from visitors, was turned around. Prices had risen in the Senate and House restaurant, bringing inflation close to home...