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New Congress Opens Doors On Tuesday
The 89th Congress begins a months long session amid Vietnam War and Great Society debates. President Johnson will deliver the State of the Union in person. Powell faces possible discipline. fights loom over Rule 22, Social Security, military funding, and tax policy as Congress tackles Vietnam, civil rights, and budget pressures.
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Jack Bell Washington
Congress
Asia
Johnson
Great Society
White House
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Powell
New York
Senate
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Déan Rusk
Ways and Means Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield