Uh, he creates a National Youth Administration, which gives out jobs to college kids so they can stay in college, and Lyndon Johnson has made a friend in Washington, and the friend is Sam Rayburn.

The standing committees in the House and Senate are facing challenges as the world becomes more complex, making it harder for Congress to tackle new challenges, and the confirmation process for ...

But it was Johnson, elevated to the presidency by the ... It basically told companies that in order to do business with Uncle Sam, they had to comply with federal civil rights law and take ...

Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society ... Bankhead of Alabama and Sam Rayburn of Texas. Speaker Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee had died and John McCormack had backed Rayburn. Sam ...

Martin was quite friendly with his counterpart, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. The two were warm personal ... Had it not been for the frequent cooperation of Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson, ...

Lyndon B. Johnson was vital in passing key pieces of civil rights legislation. Here we look at that legislation and ...

Major League Fishing began its Toyota Series season with an event at Sam Rayburn this past weekend, and although many Texas natives were near the top of the leaderboard, it was an out-of-state ...

From B.A.S.S. JASPER, Texas — Due to unsafe, sustained high winds, Day 1 of the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Sam Rayburn Reservoir presented by SEVIIN has been postponed to ensure the safety of ...

As part of his directives targeting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI), President Donald Trump revoked a landmark executive order signed by Lyndon B. Johnson to prevent ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he ...