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Title: Typewritten note from a constituent to Congressman Jack Brooks, November 28, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-000978
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1994-11-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Gregory A. Porter, a constituent in La Marque, wrote to Brooks expressing his condolences regarding Brooks's loss in the 1994 election and included a photograph of the sign outside his pharmacy reading "J. Brooks for 40 more years" [camh-dob-002242].

Title: Typewritten note from Jack Valenti to Jack Brooks, November 15, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-000977
Creator: Valenti, Jack
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1994-11-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Valenti, a former aide to President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, expresses his condolences to Jack Brooks after his electoral loss.

Title: Typewritten note from Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen to Jack Brooks, December 1, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-000979
Creator: Bentsen, Lloyd, 1921-2006
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1994-12-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Best wishes from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury, to Jack Brooks after the 1994 election.

Title: Typewritten notes for Jack Brooks's statement congratulating Nick Lampson on his 1996 election to represent the 9th District of Texas, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-000986
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Lampson, Nicholas Valentino, 1945-
Topic: Political Campaigns, Democratic party (U.S.)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks congratulating Nick Lampson and the voters on Lampson's 1996 election beating Steve Stockman and expressing best wishes to Lampson and his wife, Susan.

Title: Vote count of the Ninth Congressional District of Texas, 1970 U.S. Senate race between Lloyd Bentsen and George H.W. Bush, undated [November 1970]
Identifier: camh-dob-001687
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1970-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The vote count of Jack Brooks's Ninth Congressional District in the midterm election for U.S. Senate on November 3, 1970, attached to his congratulatory letter to Bentsen [camh-dob-001686]. Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen beat Republican candidate George H.W. Bush by 8,062 votes. Brooks endorsed Bentsen for Senate.

Title: Vote in Senate on Override, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002076
Topic: United States. Congress. Senate., Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of a list of votes for and against overriding the President's veto on S. 518 (the Senate version of H.R. 3932). The bill, introduced by Jack Brooks, would have made the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a position requiring Senate approval. The President vetoed the bill. The Senate voted to override, but the House vote failed.

Title: Vote tallies, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001883
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten note of what appear to be voting tallies for elections in Jefferson County from the 1958 primary election.

Title: Whip advisory on the Federal Election Campaign Amendments of 1976 conference report, April 29, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001969
Topic: Elections, United States. Congress
Dates: 1976-04-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A whip advisory summarizing the key points of a Federal Elections Commission report and the consequences of a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Title: White House press release, August 1, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-002392
Topic: Legislation
Dates: 1977-08-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Press release issued by the White House announcing President Jimmy Carter's reorganization and consolidation plan for consumer agencies within the federal government.

Title: White House use of the IRS for illegal political purposes, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001833
Topic: Impeachment, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum written by Brooks staff detailing illegal use of the Internal Revenue Service by President Richard Nixon and concluding that the actions were impeachable.

Title: Witness list, Government Activities Subcommittee hearing on expenditure of federal funds in support of Presidential properties, October 10-11-12, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002171
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-10-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: List of witnesses scheduled to appear during the Government Activities Subcommittee's hearings investigating the use of federal funds to improve President Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL.