Forge of Democracy: The House of RepresentativesD. McKay, 1963 - 496 pagini |
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Pagina 81
... operations . Longworth , who became Speaker in 1925 , used similar tech- niques to restore to the Speaker the great influence he once had over the House's operations . Longworth established a similar " commission " of personal ...
... operations . Longworth , who became Speaker in 1925 , used similar tech- niques to restore to the Speaker the great influence he once had over the House's operations . Longworth established a similar " commission " of personal ...
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... operations appropriations sub- committee spent seventy days - averaging more than ten hours a day - listening to a host of witnesses on the President's foreign- aid program . The hearings were published in three volumes , of 3,189 pages ...
... operations appropriations sub- committee spent seventy days - averaging more than ten hours a day - listening to a host of witnesses on the President's foreign- aid program . The hearings were published in three volumes , of 3,189 pages ...
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... operations were on a grand scale , " wrote a contemporary , “ and he dealt only with prominent men . He really had influence , and he did not stoop to petty means to gain his ends . " His services were available - for a price to the ...
... operations were on a grand scale , " wrote a contemporary , “ and he dealt only with prominent men . He really had influence , and he did not stoop to petty means to gain his ends . " His services were available - for a price to the ...
Cuprins
CHAPTER ONE The Solemn Assembly | 1 |
CHAPTER Two Rival for Power | 17 |
CHAPTER THREE The House Rules | 39 |
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