Correspondence enlisting Senator Byrd's support
Economic assistance, Domestic--Law and legislation--United States.
Government correspondence.
United States. Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965
On December 1, 1964, West Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph wrote his in-state colleague, Senator Robert C. Byrd, requesting support for a bill that would provide aid to depressed areas throughout the Appalachian region. The Senate had passed a similar aid bill a few weeks earlier, but it did not make it through the House of Representatives prior to the close of the 88th Congress. As a result, a new bill needed to be reintroduced and passed in the Senate when the 89th Congress convened in January, 1965. Senator Byrd, himself a product of Southern West Virginia’s coalfields, readily agreed to sign on as a co-sponsor. Introduced on January 3, 1965, the Appalachian Regional Development Act passed the Senate on February 1, 1965 and the House of Representatives on March 3, 1965.
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998
Robert C. Byrd Congressional Papers, Congress Series, 89th Congress, Box 1
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
1964-12-04
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An Announcement from Senator Byrd
Economic assistance, Domestic--Law and legislation--United States.
Press releases.
United States. Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965
Following the passage of the Appalachian Regional Development Act in the House, Senator Robert C. Byrd issued this press release announcing his intent to “expedite action” on the release of the funds needed to support the programs. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Byrd was in a unique position to facilitate the allocation of the $365 million proposed for funding the initial programs outlined in the Act, including the establishment of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), through June, 1966. Once fully funded, the ARC allocated monies for highway construction and infrastructure development as well as programs designed to increase job opportunities in Appalachia.
Office of Robert C. Byrd
Robert C. Byrd Congressional Papers, Congress Series, 89th Congress, Box 1,
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
1965-03-08
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The Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965
Economic assistance, Domestic--Law and legislation--United States.
United States. Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965
After passing the Senate and House, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 into law on March 9, 1965. The act established the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), whose membership included representatives from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi as well as one federal appointee. The ARC was tasked with overseeing the development of programs aimed at facilitating economic development in Appalachia as well as the construction of the Appalachian Highway Development System, a network of more than 3,500 miles of new highways designed to connect previously isolated Appalachian communities with larger national markets.
89th Congress
Robert C. Byrd Congressional Papers, Congress Series, 89th Congress, Box 1
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1965-03-09
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Comments by Senator Everett Dirksen on the State of the Union
Presidents -- United States -- Messages.
Comments by Senator Everett Dirksen (R-IL) on the State of the Union
Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
1965-01-04
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
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Photograph of Senator Everett Dirksen and President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Photograph of Senator Everett Dirksen and President Lyndon Baines Johnson
White House Photographic Office, Cecil W. Stoughton.
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
1965-01-20
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
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Photograph of Senators Mike Mansfield and Everett Dirksen
Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001.
Photograph of Senators Mike Mansfield (D-MT) and Everett Dirksen (R-IL)
Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
1965-03-07
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
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Photograph of senators when Senate invoked cloture on the Voting Rights Act
United States. -- Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States).
Kuchel, Thomas H.
Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.
Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001.
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986.
Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Left to right: Senators Thomas Kuchel (R-CA), Philip Hart (D-MI), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Mike Mansfield (D-MT), Everett Dirksen (R-IL), and Jacob Javits (R-NY)
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
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1965-05-25
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Featuring the question of the week, “What Can We Believe?” House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford (R-MI) pictured with Senator Everett Dirksen (R-IL)
Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
1966-09-06
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
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Minutes of the 123rd meeting of the Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership
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Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
1966-06-08
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
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Press release from Joint Senate-House Republican leadership press conference
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Press release from Joint Senate-House Republican leadership press conference
Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
1966-06-09
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center
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