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Democratic Split Fails to Unite in 84th Congress
Analysis notes a northern southern split within the Democratic Party over school construction and natural gas regulation. Northern Democrats push anti segregation riders while Southern leaders resist. The natural gas exemption, pushed by Speaker Sam Rayburn, passes amid heavy lobbying, highlighting party fractures that could aid Republicans in urban northern battlegrounds before the 1956 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Stokes
Washington
Sfore
Congress
Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Big City
Federal Power Commission
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Southern
FPC
House
Charles A. Wolverton
New Jersey
Senate