Said one top G.O.P. congressional leader, pulling a twist of metaphor from his pocket and biting off a big chaw: "The President has been having a great time twisting our tails, and now by God we're going to do some twisting on his. Let's see him take it a while and see how he likes it. We've got some pretty good ones cranked up and we're going to belt him with them before the session is over."
The biggest congressional belt buckle was the tax reduction bill which Harry Truman had vetoed three weeks ago. Republicans had wrathfully introduced it...
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