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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 111 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 111 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION SENATE—Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY Since coming to the Senate in 1959, called to order by the Honorable TOM LEADER Senator BYRD has cast more than 18,500 UDALL, a Senator from the State of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- votes. No one else, past or present, New Mexico. pore. The majority leader is recog- even comes close. He is the only Sen- nized. ator who has ever been elected to nine PRAYER full terms in this body. He has presided The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- f over both the shortest session in Sen- fered the following prayer: SCHEDULE ate history—not even one second Let us pray. long—and presided for the longest con- Eternal God, the Lord of life, we love Mr. REID. Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a tinuous period—more than 21 hours. No You but not enough. We look to You one has ever served on a Senate Com- but depend too often on our own period of morning business. Senator ROCKEFELLER will then be recognized mittee longer than Senator BYRD. Just strength. We listen for You but make a days after being sworn in, he joined the lot of noise ourselves at the same time. for as much time as he may consume. Appropriation Committee he would We try to understand, as long as it Following his remarks, there will be an later chair. -
Richard Russell, the Senate Armed Services Committee & Oversight of America’S Defense, 1955-1968
BALANCING CONSENSUS, CONSENT, AND COMPETENCE: RICHARD RUSSELL, THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE & OVERSIGHT OF AMERICA’S DEFENSE, 1955-1968 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Joshua E. Klimas, M.A. * * * * * The Ohio State University 2007 Dissertation Committee: Approved by Professor David Stebenne, Advisor Professor John Guilmartin Advisor Professor James Bartholomew History Graduate Program ABSTRACT This study examines Congress’s role in defense policy-making between 1955 and 1968, with particular focus on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), its most prominent and influential members, and the evolving defense authorization process. The consensus view holds that, between World War II and the drawdown of the Vietnam War, the defense oversight committees showed acute deference to Defense Department legislative and budget requests. At the same time, they enforced closed oversight procedures that effectively blocked less “pro-defense” members from influencing the policy-making process. Although true at an aggregate level, this understanding is incomplete. It ignores the significant evolution to Armed Services Committee oversight practices that began in the latter half of 1950s, and it fails to adequately explore the motivations of the few members who decisively shaped the process. SASC chairman Richard Russell (D-GA) dominated Senate deliberations on defense policy. Relying only on input from a few key colleagues – particularly his protégé and eventual successor, John Stennis (D-MS) – Russell for the better part of two decades decided almost in isolation how the Senate would act to oversee the nation’s defense. -
Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES SENATE 135Th Anniversary
107th Congress, 2d Session Document No. 13 Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES SENATE 135th Anniversary 1867–2002 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 2002 ‘‘The legislative control of the purse is the central pil- lar—the central pillar—upon which the constitutional temple of checks and balances and separation of powers rests, and if that pillar is shaken, the temple will fall. It is...central to the fundamental liberty of the Amer- ican people.’’ Senator Robert C. Byrd, Chairman Senate Appropriations Committee United States Senate Committee on Appropriations ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia, TED STEVENS, Alaska, Ranking Chairman THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi ANIEL NOUYE Hawaii D K. I , ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania RNEST OLLINGS South Carolina E F. H , PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico ATRICK EAHY Vermont P J. L , CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri OM ARKIN Iowa T H , MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky ARBARA IKULSKI Maryland B A. M , CONRAD BURNS, Montana ARRY EID Nevada H R , RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama ERB OHL Wisconsin H K , JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire ATTY URRAY Washington P M , ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah YRON ORGAN North Dakota B L. D , BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado IANNE EINSTEIN California D F , LARRY CRAIG, Idaho ICHARD URBIN Illinois R J. D , KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas IM OHNSON South Dakota T J , MIKE DEWINE, Ohio MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana JACK REED, Rhode Island TERRENCE E. SAUVAIN, Staff Director CHARLES KIEFFER, Deputy Staff Director STEVEN J. CORTESE, Minority Staff Director V Subcommittee Membership, One Hundred Seventh Congress Senator Byrd, as chairman of the Committee, and Senator Stevens, as ranking minority member of the Committee, are ex officio members of all subcommit- tees of which they are not regular members. -
Political History of Nevada: Chapter 1
Political History of Nevada Chapter 1 Politics in Nevada, Circa 2016 37 CHAPTER 1: POLITICS IN NEVADA, CIRCA 2016 Nevada: A Brief Historiography By EMERSON MARCUS in Nevada Politics State Historian, Nevada National Guard Th e Political History of Nevada is the quintessential reference book of Nevada elections and past public servants of this State. Journalists, authors, politicians, and historians have used this offi cial reference for a variety of questions. In 1910, the Nevada Secretary of State’s Offi ce fi rst compiled the data. Th e Offi ce updated the data 30 years later in 1940 “to meet a very defi nite and increasing interest in the political history of Nevada,” and has periodically updated it since. Th is is the fi rst edition following the Silver State’s sesquicentennial, and the State’s yearlong celebration of 150 years of Statehood in 2014. But this brief article will look to examine something other than political data. It’s more about the body of historical work concerning the subject of Nevada’s political history—a brief historiography. A short list of its contributors includes Dan De Quille and Mark Twain; Sam Davis and James Scrugham; Jeanne Wier and Anne Martin; Richard Lillard and Gilman Ostrander; Mary Ellen Glass and Effi e Mona Mack; Russell Elliott and James Hulse; William Rowley and Michael Green. Th eir works standout as essential secondary sources of Nevada history. For instance, Twain’s Roughing It (1872), De Quille’s Big Bonanza (1876) and Eliot Lord’s Comstock Mining & Mines (1883) off er an in-depth and anecdote-rich— whether fact or fi ction—glance into early Nevada and its mining camp way of life. -
Civil Rights and the Primary Election of 1964 in Indiana: the Wallace Challenge* Matthew E
Civil Rights and the Primary Election of 1964 in Indiana: The Wallace Challenge* Matthew E. Welsh** In the spring of 1964 Democratic Governor George Corley Wallace of Alabama announced that he was going to campaign for the presidency of the United States, opposing President Lyndon B. Johnson, also a Democrat. Wallace had become a national figure by defying the United States Supreme Court in refusing admission of Negro students to the University of Ala- bama, and his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomi- nation had obvious overtones of racial intolerance which I found most disturbing. Indiana had come a long way since the adoption of its Constitution of 1851, Article XI11 of which barred Negroes and mulattoes from entering the state. At that time blacks already living in the state, many of whom had been born here, were not regarded as citizens. They could neither vote nor hold public office. They could not serve on juries or in the militia, and they were barred from public schools.' Article XI11 was voided by the Indiana Supreme Court in 1866. The General Assembly authorized school integration in 1877, prohibited discrimination in enjoyment of public accommodations in 1885, and in 1963 created the Indiana Civil Rights Commission with broad pow- ers and an adequate budget.2 The record also disclosed, how- ever, that the statewide referendum in 1936 approving amend- ment of the Constitution to permit Negroes to be members of * This article is an account of the 1964 primary election in Indiana as experienced and remembered by one of the major participants in the campaign. -
Horse Race: Gauging Mayoral Races Political Minority Mayors, Big City Incumbents Appear to Be in Good Shape by BRIAN A
V21, N5 Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 Horse Race: Gauging mayoral races Political minority mayors, big city incumbents appear to be in good shape By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – In sur- veying the mayoral general elec- tions less than two months away, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom the political minority mayors in big Henry (left) appears to cities appear to be a good shape have an advantage, while for reelec- Elkhart Mayor Dick tion. And Moore is in trouble. a throw- At this point in the-bums- the campaign they all out trend seem to be good bets doesn’t for reelection. And seem to be taking shape. there’s Republican Terre Haute incumbent Duke Bennett By “minority party mayor” we mean Fort Wayne who is a nominal favorite for reelection. Democratic incumbent Tom Henry who presides in a city On the upset watch list are Democratic Elkhart that is 57% Republican, or Republican Evansville incum- Mayor Dick Moore, who is facing an intense challenge from bent Lloyd Winnecke where the city council is controlled 8 former state representative Tim Neese; Republican Portage to 1 by Democrats, or Republican Kevin Smith in tradition- Continued on page 4 ally Democratic Anderson. An international twist By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – For a generation, Indiana gave the United States and the world a legion of “international- ists”: Sens. Dick Lugar and Dan Coats, Gov. Robert Orr, Lt. Gov. John Mutz, and U.S. Reps. Lee Hamilton, Tim Roemer and Frank McCloskey. “We are falling behind here. We They forged historic non-proliferation efforts like the are struggling. -
SENATE-Friday, January 24, 1969
1758 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE January 24, 1969 SENATE-Friday, January 24, 1969 <Legislative day of Friday, January 10, 1969) The Senate met at 12 meridian, on the The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob After less than a year as Secretary of expiration of the recess, and was called jection, the nominations are considered Defense, Mr. Clifford has now retired, in to order by the Vice President. and confirmed en bloc. typical quiet fashion, to private life. The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward Some day, when the truth is written L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following about this period in our history, the con prayer: U.S. ARMY tribution of this superb public servant Almighty God, unto whom all hearts The assistant legislative clerk pro will become known; and it will be clear are open, all desires known, and from ceeded to read sundry nominations in that no citizen of recent years has made whom no secrets are hid : cleanse the the U.S. Army. a greater contribution to the welfare of thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask his country. of Thy holy spirit, that we may perfectly unanimous consent that the nominations Clifford not only had the vision, but love Thee and worthily magnify Thy be considered en bloc. also the courage, to work to bring this holy name. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob tragic war to an end; and the recent Accept, 0 Lord, this day the love of our jection, the nominations are considered commencement of substantive talks in hearts, the thoughts of our minds, the and confirmed en bloc. -
The Hells Canyon Dam Controversy
N 1956, AT THE TENDER AGE OF THIRTY-TWO, Frank Church made a bold bid for the United States Senate. After squeak- I ing out a victory in the hotly contested Idaho Democratic pri- mary, Church faced down incumbent Senator Herman Welker, re- ceiving nearly percent of the vote. One issue that loomed over the campaign was an emerging dis- pute over building dams in the Snake River’s Hells Canyon. While Church and other Democrats supported the construction of a high federal dam in the Idaho gorge, their Republican opponents favored developing the resource through private utility companies. Idaho EVOLUTION voters split on the issue, and so, seeking to avoid a divisive debate, Church downplayed his position during the general election “be- of an cause it was not a winning issue, politically.”1 Senator Frank Church Although Church won the election, he could not escape the is- sue. Indeed, his victory and subsequent assignment to the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs put him at the center of a growing controversy about damming Hells Canyon. Over the next eighteen years, Church wrestled with balancing Idaho’s demand for economic growth and his own pro-development beliefs with an emerging environmental movement’s demand for preservation of nature—in Idaho and across the nation. As he grappled with these competing interests, Church under- went a significant transformation. While Church often supported development early in his Senate career, he, like few others of his time, began to see the value of wild places and to believe that rivers offered more than power production opportunities and irrigation water. -
Vance Hartke Attacks News Media
VOL. IV. No- 18THEServing theOBSERVER. Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College Community THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1969 Vance Hartke attacks news media by Mark Nelson In a news conference held traffic controllers are working before the speech, Hartke said under too much stress and Vance Hartke, Democratic he would vote against strain. U.S. Senator from Indiana, confirmation of Judge Clement T he larg est increase in spoke yesterday in the Memorial H a y n sw o rth to th e U.S. unemployment for one month Library Auditorium on the Supreme Court, joining Indiana’s since 1961 “is the bitter fruit of inadequacies of the news media. other Senator, Birch Bayh, who the Nixon Administration’s Senator Hartke, sponsored by has been leading the opposition misguided economic policies.” the Student Union Academic to the nomination. The Student Union Academic Commission, attacked the news Hartke told the news Commission has also scheduled media for its shallow coverage in conference that the nomination talks by Edward Teller and New reporting local and national is in serious danger and that he York Senator Charles Goodell in events. sees the controversy as a the near future. Hartke said, “Radio, non-partisan issue. Goodell will speak Friday at television, and newspaper The Indiana senator also said: 3:00 in the Stepan Center, and coverage treat breaking news There will be more in-flight Teller, developer of the events as one would view an air collisions such as the Sept. 9 hydrogen bomb, will speak iceberg: the underlying part of crash near Indianapolis which October 16 at 8:00 in the library the story, which is the most killed 83 persons. -
Congressional Record—Senate S617
January 22, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S617 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there tunda, will serve to remind future gen- a case pending in the United States any other Senators in the Chamber erations of his service to his State and District Court for the District of Co- who desire to vote? to his country. lumbia, and ask for its immediate con- The result was announced—yeas 99, Just 2 days after the Charleston, WV, sideration. nays 0, as follows: ceremony, ROBERT BYRD achieved an- Mr. President, on April 9, 1996, Presi- [Rollcall Vote No. 1 Ex.] other major distinction. On January 13, dent Clinton signed into law the Line YEAS—99 1997, he became the fourth longest serv- Item Veto Act. This act was the prod- Abraham Faircloth Lieberman ing U.S. Senator in the history of our uct of years of legislative consider- Akaka Feingold Lott republic, with a service record of 38 ation and much protracted debate. Allard Feinstein Lugar years and 10 days. Beginning January 1 of this year and Ashcroft Ford Mack Baucus Frist McCain Think of it, Mr. President. Of the through the year 2004, the Line Item Bennett Glenn McConnell 1,843 past and present senators, only Veto Act provides the President with Biden Gorton Mikulski three have served longer than ROBERT the authority, under a set of carefully Bingaman Graham Moseley-Braun YRD ENATOR circumscribed limitations, to cancel Bond Gramm Moynihan C. B . In another 3 years, S Boxer Grams Murkowski BYRD will exceed the 41-year service particular items of appropriation, di- Breaux Grassley Murray record of my immediate predecessor rect spending or limited tax benefit in Brownback Gregg Nickles from Mississippi, John C. -
CHAIRMEN of SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES [Table 5-3] 1789–Present
CHAIRMEN OF SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES [Table 5-3] 1789–present INTRODUCTION The following is a list of chairmen of all standing Senate committees, as well as the chairmen of select and joint committees that were precursors to Senate committees. (Other special and select committees of the twentieth century appear in Table 5-4.) Current standing committees are highlighted in yellow. The names of chairmen were taken from the Congressional Directory from 1816–1991. Four standing committees were founded before 1816. They were the Joint Committee on ENROLLED BILLS (established 1789), the joint Committee on the LIBRARY (established 1806), the Committee to AUDIT AND CONTROL THE CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE (established 1807), and the Committee on ENGROSSED BILLS (established 1810). The names of the chairmen of these committees for the years before 1816 were taken from the Annals of Congress. This list also enumerates the dates of establishment and termination of each committee. These dates were taken from Walter Stubbs, Congressional Committees, 1789–1982: A Checklist (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985). There were eleven committees for which the dates of existence listed in Congressional Committees, 1789–1982 did not match the dates the committees were listed in the Congressional Directory. The committees are: ENGROSSED BILLS, ENROLLED BILLS, EXAMINE THE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, Joint Committee on the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, LIBRARY, PENSIONS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, RETRENCHMENT, REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS, ROADS AND CANALS, and the Select Committee to Revise the RULES of the Senate. For these committees, the dates are listed according to Congressional Committees, 1789– 1982, with a note next to the dates detailing the discrepancy. -
The Nevada Inter-Tribal Indian Conference (University of Nevada, May 1-2, 1964)
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 050 872 RC 005 304 TITLE Proceedings: The Nevada Inter-tribal Indian Conference (University of Nevada, May 1-2, 1964). INSTITUTION Nevada Univ., Reno. Center for Western North American Studies. PUB DATE 10 Apr 65 NOTE 100p. EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS American Indian Culture, *American Indians, Attitudes, *Education, History, Intercommunication, *Legal Problems, *Political Issues, *Social Attitudes IDENTIFIERS *Nevada ABSTRACT The conference report of the 1964 Nevada Inter-tribal Indian Conference, designed to encourage cooperation and communication between Indians and non-Indians, deals with(a) Indians and opportunity,(b) Indians and the community, and(c) Indians and legislation. The document also records narration reflecting the attitudes of Indians in Nevada toward their life situation. Additionally, emphasis is given to the claims cases of such tribes as the Washoe, the Western Shoshone, and the Northern Paiute. This material "should prove valuable to those who are interested in Indian affairs, Nevada history and anthropology, social work and Indian education." (MB) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION S. WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION VHS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FRO M THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATEO DO NOT NECES SARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU CATION POSITION OR POLICY. A THE NEVADA INTERTRIBAL INDIAN CONFERENCE PRESENTED MAY 1 and 2, 1964, by THE UNIVERSITY ONEVADA Statewide Services and THE INTERTRIBAL COUNCIL OF NEVADA PROCEEDINGS Edited and Published by the CENTER FOR WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA 89507 CENTER FOR WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES, April 10, 1965 DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE The Center for Western North American Studies is very pleased to make the proceedings of this significant Conference available to the public and to the participants.