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...Nixon Administration, the costly complex of defensive missiles and radars has become the nexus of several great issues: the allocation of resources between domestic and military programs, overall nuclear strategy and the possibility of arms-limitation negotiations with the Russians. The 91st Congress is more conservative than the 89th-on paper at least-and therefore could be expected to be more sympathetic to requests from the military. Changing public attitudes and political considerations over the past three years, however, have stiffened resistance on Capitol Hill. Many Congressmen are concerned that any hold-down on Government spending should...
...printing and the right to hire over fifty investigators and consultants from a considerable budget. In 1966 it asked for and received $425,000. In 1967 liberals rallied enough strength to whittle that down to $350,000. Last year's figure edged back up to $375,000. In the 89th Congress, HUAC finished with the fourth highest appropriations for a House committee...
...generally takes about 275 Democrats to give the House a liberal coloration; Lyndon Johnson had 295 in the hyperproductive 89th that put most his Great Society programs on the books. Once the Democratic membership dips to around 240, the tenor of the House becomes decidedly conservative, because so many of the Democrats are either Southern conservatives or machine men from the Northern cities. To reduce Democratic totals to a figure considerably below 240, the Republicans are counting on big victories i the Middle Atlantic region, where the party may gain six House seats and in the 14 Rocky Mountain, Southwest...
Tough Act. With the session drawing to a close, the 90th Congress could be faulted for having broken little fresh ground in the areas of social and ban reform. Nonetheless the 90th did have a tough act to follow. The 89th had all but swept the legislative agenda clean-its successor, with 50 more Republicans in its ranks as a result of the 1966 elections, was billed as the "stop, look and listen" Congress. Despite its determination to consolidate past gains, the 90th could boast some triumphs of its own. The pluses...
Gardner came into the Administration when the Great Society - a phrase he himself had used three years earlier -was little more than a slogan. With a rare combination of executive ability, intellect and idealism, he transformed the great social enactments of the 89th Congress-among them Medicare and the 1965 school act-into viable administrative programs. During his tenure, HEW's spending (excluding social security and other trust programs) nearly doubled, to $13 billion; the Government, for the first time, took a major role in the financing of elementary and secondary education and, after more than a decade...