This lesson plan studies legislation passed in response to President Lyndon Baines Johnson's call for America to become a "Great Society." It is designed to assist teachers with using primary source materials to integrate Congress into history,…
Babcock, in his capacity as Provost of the Vermont State Colleges, offered his views on bills regarding higher education, with a focus on the impact in Vermont.
But differences within the Senate quickly surfaced. Senator Keating had been defeated in the November election, but his objections were taken up by Roman Hruska, a new member of the subcommittee, during the January 29 hearings. Bayh’s notes…
In the House, 32 proposals regarding Presidential succession had been introduced. Hearings were scheduled to begin February 7 before the full House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Emmanuel Celler, on the first day of which Bayh was to appear. In…
Three areas of disagreement emerged between House and Senate versions, all involving time: the period of time during which the vice president and cabinet must decide whether they disagree with the president’s declaration that he is fit to resume his…
A clipping from Business Week describing the forthcoming debates in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
While visiting the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Congressman Harley O. Staggers, Sr. was given a map displaying the areas of conflict in Vietnam as well as an economic map of Southeast Asia. The map also includes a timeline of the conflict, ranging from…