After House Speaker Sam Rayburn packed the Rules Committee with party liberals last February in order to unlock Administration bills, one of the committeemen counted on most was New York Congressman James J. Delaney. Last week Delaney demonstrated that even packed committees can pack a surprise. When the Rules Committee met to consider a series of aid-to-education bills, Delaney joined the conservative bloc, cast the key vote in a narrow, 8-7 decision that probably pigeonholed federal aid to schools for the remainder of the season.
Three separate school bills were in the...
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