"A billion
here, a billion there . . ."
Did Everett Dirksen ever say the phrase popularly attributed
to him?
Legislative
Record
Scanned images of a staff-prepared compilation of legislative
measures.
Dirksen:
Master Legislator
Analysis by Dirksen scholar Byron Hulsey who focuses on six
aspects of Dirksen's personality and character that made it
possible for him to shape some of the most important laws of
his generation.
Dirksen
on Civil Rights: June 10, 1964
Description of perhaps Dirksen's most famous speech delivered
immediately before the successful cloture vote was taken in
the Senate on what became the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Dirksen
on Education
"The Voices of Your Classroom are the Voices of Our Future," by
Everett Dirksen [The Instructor, March 1967]
Dirksen
on Politics as a Career
His recommendations for preparing for a career in administrative
or elective politics.
Dirksen
on Vietnam
Selections from Dirksen's public statements, 1954-69, on the
war in Southeast Asia. Topics include the role of the commander-in-chief,
the relationship between Congress and the President, the role
of the minority party in a two-party system, among others.
Joint
Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Statements
Scanned copies of Senate documents which contain the texts
of the leaders' press statements following weekly Republican
congressional leadership meetings, 1961-68. These statements
were the basis for the "Ev and Charlie" and "Ev and Jerry" shows.
The 1960s: A Multi-Media View from Capitol
Hill
The 1960s: A Multi-Media View from Capitol Hill documents
the public policy
challenges resulting from those tumultuous times using a unique
body of
records housed in The Center's historical collections-the minutes
and press
conferences (both print and audio) of the Joint Senate-House
Republican
Leadership, 1961-69.
Newsletters: Congressional
Front, 1933-46
From his first week in office in the House of Representatives through 1946, Congressman
Everett Dirksen personally composed and typed weekly newsletters (while Congress
was in session) to his constituents in central Illinois. Congressional Front,
as it was called, covered the personalities, politics, and policies of Congress
and the federal government. By the end of the run, Dirksen had written
474 of these newsy reports.