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Box 13

 Container

Contains 39 Results:

Joint Comm. on the Org. of Congress

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70826
Scope and Contents note

File contains information from 1965 and 1966 on forming the Committee and a Legislative reference report on the reorganization of Congress: A comparison of the efforts of 1946 and 1967

Dates: circa 1944-1974

Party Loyalty

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70825
Scope and Contents note

File deals with the question of party loyalty in the selection of membership in the committees, from the years of 1960 to 1967

Dates: circa 1944-1974

Cong. Rarick's Case - Party Loyalty

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70824
Scope and Contents note

File deals with the 1969 announcement of Cong. Rarick to support a Wallace Presidency drive, and the resulting placing of Mr Rarick on the bottom of the committee assignment list.

Dates: circa 1944-1974

Hatch Act and Federal Corrupt Practices Act (Ethics Reform)

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70823
Scope and Contents note

File deals with legislative proposals on Standards of Conduct and Congressional Reorganization. (1967)

Dates: circa 1944-1974

Proposals for Congressional Reform

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70822
Scope and Contents note

File discusses rules changes which are needed to make Congress an effective, democratic legislative body. (1962-1967)

Dates: circa 1944-1974

Background Research for Rule Comm. Change

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70820
Scope and Contents note

File contains the History and Powers of the House Committee on rules. The information is from 1951-1963

Dates: circa 1944-1974

Articles on Rules Comm. Fight

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70819
Scope and Contents note

File contains information from 1957 to 1961 on the fight to lessen the power of the Rules Comm.

Dates: circa 1944-1974

Initial Efforts to Alter Rules Comm. Power, 1958-1959

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70818
Scope and Contents note

File contains information on the early beginning to a Democratic STudy Group and efforts to alter the Rules Comm.

Dates: 1958-1959

The DSG

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70817
Scope and Contents note

File contains information on the goals and finances of the DSG in 1960 (Democratic STudy Group)

Dates: circa 1944-1974

San Rayburn's Role in the Rule Fight

 File — Box: 13
Identifier: 70816
Scope and Contents note

File contains information from 1958 and 1961, where the Speaker promised the group interested in the Rule Change to trust him to get reported legislation out of the Rules Committee. If the Speaker finds himself blocked in this repect, he will support a 21 day rule amendment.

Dates: circa 1944-1974