lbo-talk-digest V1 #6494

[frank scott]

"In the 1940s and into the 1950s, the Dems in Congress were controlled
by Sam Rayburn in the House and, behind the throne, largely by Richard
Russell of
Georgia.  Richard Gephart and Tom Daschle are significantly more
progressive
figures."

we've come a long way...and those two old timers didn't have an
opportunity to participate in a nearly (416-3 in the house, 99-0 senate)
unanimous vote supporting "under god" in our national pledge...yep, far
more progressive...
fs