Word: rayburnisms
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...mind of man." He has four rooms full of books about the Constitution in his home office back in Morganton, N.C. Before going to the Senate, he served as a superior court judge and as an associate justice on the state Supreme Court. The late House Speaker Sam Rayburn referred to Ervin as "my lawyer," consulted him on the constitutionality of pending legislation...
...million House office building will not be ready for its congressional tenants until 1964, but it already has an honored name. Whisked through Congress with the sort of bipartisan speed that would have pleased him was a resolution naming the edifice after the late Sam Rayburn, the man who served longer as Speaker-17 years-than any other. By the same resolution, two nearby House office buildings will now be known after a couple of Mister Sam's Republican predecessors-one, built in 1908, for iron-willed Joseph Gurney ("Uncle Joe") Cannon, who reigned from...
...knew, he had hired 38 newsmen at handsome wages-some got as much as $200 a week-and he was publishing the Pecos Daily News. The News's first issue last August boasted an impressive page of congratulations. There was a letter from Lyndon Johnson, one from Sam Rayburn, even a nice little note from President Kennedy himself...
...Clinic" or Lyndon Johnson's princely rumpus room can be as important as any committee hearing or party caucus. Even House Speaker John McCormack, a teetotaler, has decided as a matter of legislative policy to continue the gently liquid "Board of Education" meetings held by Sam Rayburn and earlier Speakers...
...Leave "Ev and Charlie" alone. They are doing a tremendous job. They are real Republicans. So what if Ev has curly hair. And it is easy for Charlie to powder his red nose. The late Sam Rayburn was as bald as a billiard ball. I never heard any criticism of Sam. He did his job for the Democrats very well. Ev and Charlie are doing equally well for the Republicans...