Episode 197 JOHN JENRETTE OUR CONGRESSMAN and JIMMY CARTER too (Part 7) The Watergate Babies, The Historic House Class of 1974

BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback · May 18, 2023 · 56m

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It was an historic class of freshman members to Congress in 1974. It was made up of 17 Republicans and 74 Democrats and many would go on to become household names. They turned the inner workings of the House Chamber upside down, removing longtime chairmen, and opening up the rules for more transparency and more access, in ways that are still with us today. In the midst of all of this Speaker Carl Albert, with his Majority Leader Tip O'Neill , made a decision that one of these freshman needed to be in leadership and he picked the one he thought had the most potential, and the…