SLUGGISH, vacillating and quarrelsome throughout its two years of life, the 91st Congress could not even muster the means to die gracefully. It did not so much expire as commit suicide, victim of its ineffectual procedures, disagreement over priorities and inter-chamber acrimonies.
Most of the blame for the closing debacle fell upon the Senate, which had diddled and dawdled too long over too many issues. In a rare public display of bitterness, members of the House, which had discharged its duties much more expeditiously, openly assailed the Senate. "I am fed up with the...
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