Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I cannot emphasize too strongly my conviction that this action by the Senate must not meet the fate of home rule bills passed by the Senate in previous Congresses.

Context

Letter to the Speaker Urging Consideration of the D.C. Home Rule Bill by the House of Representatives.

08/03/1965

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