Word: congresswomen
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...study, he kept the committee's overworked staff and its philosophically and temperamentally diverse members driving toward a resolution of its agonizing dilemma. When his committee faced its final act of judgment, the country was treated to a surprise: a group of nationally obscure and generally underrated Congressmen and Congresswomen rose to the occasion. Often with eloquence and poise, they faced the television cameras and demonstrated their mastery of complex detail, their dedication to duty, and their conscientious search for solutions that would best serve the public interest...
Four of the freshmen legislators will be luckier than their colleagues. At Harvard's Institute of Politics, Democratic Congresswomen Barbara Jordan of Texas and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke of California and Republican Congressmen William S. Cohen of Maine and Alan Steelman of Texas are completing an experimental four-week cram course on how Congress operates. The informal instructors range from such old pros as Kentucky Senator John Sherman Cooper and former House Speaker John McCormack to such Washington-wise Harvard academicians as Economist John Kenneth Galbraith and Professor James Q. Wilson. The experts are offering the quartet not only vital...
William S. Cohen (R-Me.) and Alan W. Steelman (R-Tex.) will join Congresswomen-elect Barbara Jordan (D-Tex.) and Yvonne Bruichewaite Burke (D-Cal.), both named earlier, in a special program for Representatives-elect...
Incumbent Congresswomen Louise Day Hicks told 600 campaign supporters last night "we will have to wait until tomorrow to celebrate" her re-election in the 9th Congressional District...
...investigations were sparked by pressure from WEAL, a Washington-based group including several Congresswomen, to enforce a 1968 government order prohibiting sex discrimination. WEAL has filed charges with the HEW against 200 colleges and universities...