On St. Patrick's Day of 1910, this congressman introduced a motion to have the whole house appoint the rules committee: when it passed, Speaker Joe Cannon resigned. This, along with a filibuster against the 1917 Armed Ship Bill got a place in JFK's Profiles in Courage.  Nicknamed the "Fighting Liberal" he crossed party lines backing Al Smith in 1928 and advocating the building of power dams at Mus
On St. Patrick's Day of 1910, this congressman introduced a motion to have the whole house appoint the rules committee: when it passed, Speaker Joe Cannon resigned. This, along with a filibuster against the 1917 Armed Ship Bill got a place in JFK's Profiles in Courage.  Nicknamed the "Fighting Liberal" he crossed party lines backing Al Smith in 1928 and advocating the building of power dams at Muscle Shoals, Ala. and elsewhere on the Tennessee River.  FTP, identify this progressive Nebraska Republican, co-author of the 1932 anti-injunction act with Fiorello LaGuardia.
On St. Patrick's Day of 1910, this congressman introduced a motion to have the whole house appoint the rules committee: when it passed, Speaker Joe Cannon resigned.
George W. Norris