Congress in Conflict Over One or Two Chambers
The piece notes the Senate and House are coequal, with friction over conference committee chairmanships and pay disparities. It highlights calls to rotate conference chairs, past threats of a one-chamber Congress, and quiet, gentlemanly conduct between chambers. It cites historical quips and critiques of political language.
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Pardner
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House Conference
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Congress
Ise
America
Nebras
Larry Simpson
Kansas
Kennedy
Andrew Jackson
John
Farm Bill Debate Tries to Weigh Parity and Straitjackets
In a lively House debate on the farm bill, Republicans mocked parity talks as a straitjacket while Democrats defended measures including compulsory education. Representatives Roeven, Page, Michel, Matthews and Short traded quips about agriculture policy, grain storage, and rural electrification amid the political theater.
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W. R. Page
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Billie Sol Estes
Ropert H. Michel
Bell
Rural Electrification Administration
Billy) Matthews
D-Fla
Don L. Short
Billy
Patt
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