WASHINGTON AP - Rep. Howard ''Judge'' Smith of Virginia routinely frustrated the Washington establishment by leaving town when leaders tried to push legislation he didn't like through the Rules Committee he chaired for 12 years.Once in 1957, he blocked a major civil rights bill from President Eisenhower by saying he needed to tend to a barn that had burned down on his farm.
April 02, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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WASHINGTON AP – Rep. Howard ”Judge” Smith of Virginia routinely frustrated the Washington establishment by leaving town when leaders tried to push legislation he didn’t like through the Rules Committee he chaired for 12 years.
Once in 1957, he blocked a major civil rights bill from President Eisenhower by saying he needed to tend to a barn that had burned down on his farm.
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