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Title: Article entitled "Phil Burton, a positive powerhouse" in the San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle, November 14, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001667
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-11-14
Box: 2007-255/359
Folder: 289.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An article by Tom Eastham endorsing Congressman Phillip Burton to be the next House Majority Leader. Burton was one of four candidates, which included Congressmen Jim Wright and Richard Bolling, and House Majority Whip John McFall. Burton ultimately lost to Jim Wright by a single vote. This article was attached to a letter from Congressman Charles Rose to Brooks, endorsing Burton for Majority Leader.

Title: Breakdown of votes in Senate for the override of President Nixon's veto of the OMB bill, [May 1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002130
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The document lists the breakdown of votes to override President Nixon's veto of a bill that would require Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: Congressional Record - House, May 1, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002129
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05-01
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The annotated page from the Congressional Record was used to calculate the amount votes needed to override the veto of a bill passed by the House on May 1, 1973. The bill would require Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: Congressional Record - Senate, May 22, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002131
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05-22
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The annotated page from the Congressional Record lists the breakdown of votes to override President Nixon's veto of a bill that would require Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: Congressional Reorganization: A suggestion for its fulfillment (draft), undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001709
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft remarks regarding the Legislative Reorganization Act. The remarks are unsigned and include handwritten emendations. Authorship unknown, but Brooks staff or Jack Brooks likely.

Title: Congressional Reorganization: A suggestion for its fulfillment, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001711
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks regarding the Legislative Reorganization Act. Later draft of camh-dob-001709. Authorship unknown, but Brooks staff or Jack Brooks likely.

Title: First Progress Report of the Special Subcommittee on Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment, Prepared by the Working Group on Automatic Data Processing for the House of Representatives, October 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001714
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1969-10
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Committee progress report prepared by a working group within the Committee on House Administration.

Title: Judiciary Committee notes, March 27, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000935
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-03-27
Box: 2007-255/284
Folder: 248.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A handwritten list of issues concerning the Judiciary Committee, including abortion, student busing, and capital punishment.

Title: Letter from David R. Obey, Lloyd Meeds, and Norman E. D'Amours to Carl Albert, June 22, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001289
Creator: Obey, David R., Meeds, Lloyd, 1927-2011, D'Amours, Norman E.
Contributor: Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-06-22
Box: 2007-255/359
Folder: 289.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Charman David R. Obey and task force members Lloyd Meeds and Norman E. D'Amours to Speaker of the House Carl Albert. Albert had appointed the Task Force on House Accounts on June 4, 1976 to provide recommendations on reducing government costs and inefficiencies.

Title: Letter from Jim Wright to the president of Common Cause, November 23, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001674
Creator: Wright, Jim, 1922-2015
Contributor: Common Cause (U.S.)
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-11-23
Box: 2007-255/359
Folder: 289.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman Jim Wright responding to a questionnaire sent out by Common Cause. Wright's answers are included. The Democratic caucus in the House elected Wright Majority Leader on December 6, 1976.

Title: Letter from Ralph Yarborough to Tom Foley, June 8, 1989
Identifier: camh-dob-001481
Creator: Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996
Contributor: Foley, Thomas S.
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Scandals
Dates: 1989-06-08
Box: 2007-255/662
Folder: 0.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: In a letter former Senator Ralph Yarborough attached to his correspondence with Jack Brooks, Yarborough congratulates Tom Foley, the new Speaker of the House.

Title: Letter from Richard Bolling to the president of Common Cause, November 23, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001670
Creator: Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991
Contributor: Common Cause (U.S.)
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-11-23
Box: 2007-255/359
Folder: 289.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Congressman Richard Bolling's response to David Cohen, enclosing his answers to the Common Cause Questionnaire for House candidates for Majority Leader [camh-dob-001671].

Title: Letter from the Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress to Speaker John McCormack, July 10, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001717
Contributor: McCormack, John W., 1891-1980
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1968-07-10
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unsigned copy of a letter to Speaker John McCormack from the Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress regarding the debate over legislative reform.

Title: Letter from the president of Common Cause to Democratic caucus members, December 1, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001668
Creator: Common Cause (U.S.)
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-12-01
Box: 2007-255/359
Folder: 289.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from David Cohen, the president of Common Cause, a government watchdog group, with an attached questionnaire that was submitted to the announced House candidates for Speaker, Majority Leader, and Majority Whip [camh-dob-001669]. The questionnaire "dealt with the views of leadership candidates about the House as an institution." Answers from House candidates are attached, including answers from Richard Bolling [camh-dob-001671], Phillip Burton [camh-dob-001672], and Jim Wright [camh-dob-001674].

Title: List of Democratic co-sponsors of the Vietnam Resolution, November 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001217
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1969-11-03
Box: 2007-255/185
Folder: 169.38
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A list of fifty Democratic co-sponsors for the resolution for peace in Vietnam. It includes handwritten marks next to the Texas representatives. This list was attached to Jim Wright's November 3, 1969 letter to Jack Brooks [camh-dob-001138] and a copy of the resolution [camh-dob-001216].

Title: List of Republicans for the OMB bill, Democrats against the OMB bill, and those who are absent, [May 1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002060
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The document lists the breakdown of votes on a bill passed by the House on May 1, 1973, that would require Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: Memo from Brooks staff, November 7, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001713
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1969-11-07
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memo from staff member summarizing the First Progress Report of the Special Subcommittee on Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment.

Title: Memorandum from Phillip Burton regarding financial transparency, November 16, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001673
Creator: Burton, Phillip
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1976-11-16
Box: 2007-255/359
Folder: 289.18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memo from Congressman Phillip Burton's office providing tax and financial information concerning Burton and his wife. He says if he became Majority Leader, it would be his intention to file such a statement annually. This memo was attached to his answers to the Common Cause Questionnaire [camh-dob-001672].

Title: Note calculating votes needed to override Richard Nixon's veto, May 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002059
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The note calculates the amount of votes needed to override President Richard Nixon's veto of a bill passed by both the Senate and the House that would require Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: Notes concerning legislative reform, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001716
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/189
Folder: 174.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Undated and unsigned notes relating to legislative reforms.

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