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...94th Congress convened, its arcane opening ritual smacked quaintly of quill pens and snuff. Indeed, the Senate's two snuff boxes were freshly filled as the ten new and 23 re-elected Senators filed down the aisle in groups of four to take their oaths of office and bask in the standing applause of their colleagues. In the House, Democrat Carl Albert and Republican John Rhodes withdrew from the chamber as that body staged its selection of the Speaker. When the foregone vote was over, Rhodes graciously introduced Winner Albert as "my good friend, the leader for all members...
...94th Congress prepared to convene in Washington and President Ford struggled with his State of the Union address, TIME worked on its own analysis of the situation. Our cover story, written by Associate Editor Edwin G. Warner, evaluates the President's performance to date, the shape of his forthcoming proposals, and Congress's resolve to offer its own economic program. The story is illustrated by a portfolio of photographs of Ford on the job, shot by TIME'S Pulitzer-prizewinning Eddie Adams...
...galvanized the congressional Democrats, already heady with their success in last fall's election, in which they picked up 43 new seats in the House. Apparently more tightly organized than they have been in decades, they had prepared a program that was to be introduced this week, when the 94th Congress...
Ford faces a stern test when the 94th Congress convenes. The Capitol halls are filled with a new sense of urgency as Democrats, enjoying an overwhelming majority, prepare to set their own goals and priorities. "They are a national, operational group," says Russell Hemenway, director of the National Committee for an Effective Congress. "The power of oversight will be used more broadly than ever before." Among the host of programs to bring tax relief, spur the economy and cushion unemployment that congressional Democrats have considered, they have discarded practically nothing, with the exception of a revival of the Reconstruction Finance...
...spectacle of one of the House's most revered elder statesmen cavorting onstage with a stripper sent shock waves through Congress, most especially members of Mills' own party. In sorrow, House Speaker Carl Albert announced that Mills would not be Ways and Means chairman when the 94th Congress convened in January. A confused and ailing Mills checked himself into the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., for a checkup and a badly needed rest...