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Congress versus Kennedy
Lewis, Ted | July 14, 1962 issue

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The article discusses troubles faced by U.S. President John F. Kennedy with the U.S. Congress. Some of the problems faced by Kennedy are the defeat of his aid-to-education legislation in the first session of the Congress and his futile attempt to pass a Medicare issue bill. The president is better off, and accomplishes more, if he stays aloof from parliamentary infighting. It debates the ability of Kennedy to run the Congress, the decline in congressional roll-call, and the kind of executive leadership needed by the Congress.

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UNITED States -- Politics & government; UNITED States. Congress; KENNEDY, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; BILLS, Legislative; OLDER people -- Medical care -- United States; UNITED States
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