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so if they were going to stop a filibuster on civil rights, they needed everett dirksen's support. e nuclear test ban treaty. once dirksen agreed to whatever the compromise was, then enough votes would come on board for the majority to prevail. and so everett dirksen, even though he was only the minority lieder was extremely important leader at this time, and it seemed fitting to name this building after him. senator dirksen liked to say that he was a man of principle, and one of his greatest principles was to maintain flexibility at all times. and that made him a very agile senator and a man who understood that you have to compromise in order to build consensus. in the united states senate, compromise is essential for passing any kind of legislation. getting some kind of bipartisanship is important because rarely does a majority party have sufficient votes to be able to pass something entirely by itself. always the majority leaders have got to persuade members of the minority to come on board. and always there's some kind of a coalition that's being built. so i think that's one of
so if they were going to stop a filibuster on civil rights, they needed everett dirksen's support. e nuclear test ban treaty. once dirksen agreed to whatever the compromise was, then enough votes would come on board for the majority to prevail. and so everett dirksen, even though he was only the minority lieder was extremely important leader at this time, and it seemed fitting to name this building after him. senator dirksen liked to say that he was a man of principle, and one of his greatest...
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the richard russell building, the everett dirksen building, and the philip hart building. right now, we're in the dirksen building. we're in the large multipurpose hearing room that's had various layers of history to it. the first senate office building opened up in 1909, which is now known as the richard russell building, and that was because the government was growing. this was in the progressive era. there were more and more services coming out. but as all the senators were all in one building and all the staff were in one building, and there was sort of a small community of senators and staff that existed in that building until 1958, but steadily, the demands on the government increased. people started writing in, social security became an issue. so many other federal issues directed affected citizens. and so, they wrote to their senators and the senators hired more staff and they tried to find some more places to put them. at one point, the russell building was absolutely crammed with people. they actually had people working in the attic, in the basement, bathrooms we
the richard russell building, the everett dirksen building, and the philip hart building. right now, we're in the dirksen building. we're in the large multipurpose hearing room that's had various layers of history to it. the first senate office building opened up in 1909, which is now known as the richard russell building, and that was because the government was growing. this was in the progressive era. there were more and more services coming out. but as all the senators were all in one...
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what are the big heroes of the hearing was everett dirksen of illinois who would send letters to people telling them this is a signature moment for the united states of america. we need to show our metal by confirming thurgood marshall to the supreme court. so, so, it was one of those things that we do not see a lot of washington now, is bipartisan, in the end it really was. that is how thurgood marshall got on the supreme court. >> so it sounds like 20 senators did not vote in that. >> yes, i'm so glad that you mention that. that was the margin of victory. needless to say, lyndon johnson who is a seven or himself convinced 20 southern senators to not vote. that was brilliant. he was a master politician. he would he would tell them, he was a look, i'm going to be looking at bridges next year, highway funding, i'm going to be looking at ways to help you, but first i need you to help me. it's called old-fashioned horsetrading. it is still still done today but nobody was as masterful added as lyndon johnson. it's just amazing. senators go to the senate to vote, that is their bread and butt
what are the big heroes of the hearing was everett dirksen of illinois who would send letters to people telling them this is a signature moment for the united states of america. we need to show our metal by confirming thurgood marshall to the supreme court. so, so, it was one of those things that we do not see a lot of washington now, is bipartisan, in the end it really was. that is how thurgood marshall got on the supreme court. >> so it sounds like 20 senators did not vote in that....
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so if they were going to stop a filibuster on civil rights, they needed everett dirksen's support. e nuclear test ban treaty. once dirksen agreed to whatever the compromise was, then enough votes would come on board for the majority to prevail. and so everett dirksen, even though he was only the minority lieder was extremely important leader at this time, and it seemed fitting to name this building after him. senator dirksen liked to say that he was a man of principle, and one of his greatest principles was to maintain flexibility at all times. and that made him a very agile senator and a man who understood that you have to compromise in order to build consensus. in the united states senate, compromise is essential for passing any kind of legislation. getting some kind of bipartisanship is important because rarely does a majority party have sufficient votes to be able to pass something entirely by itself. always the majority leaders have got to persuade members of the minority to come on board. and always there's some kind of a coalition that's being built. so i think that's one of
so if they were going to stop a filibuster on civil rights, they needed everett dirksen's support. e nuclear test ban treaty. once dirksen agreed to whatever the compromise was, then enough votes would come on board for the majority to prevail. and so everett dirksen, even though he was only the minority lieder was extremely important leader at this time, and it seemed fitting to name this building after him. senator dirksen liked to say that he was a man of principle, and one of his greatest...
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everett dirksen of illinois would send letters to people telling them, this is a signature moment for the united states of america. we need to show our metal by confirming thurgood marshall to the supreme court. so, it was one of those things that we do not see a lot in washington now. it was bipartisan, in the end it really was. that is how thurgood marshall extended to the supreme court. >> host: it sounds like 20 senators did not vote in that. >> guest: yes, i am so glad that you mention that. that was the margin of victory. needless to say, say, lyndon johnson, who is a southern himself, he convinced 20 southern senators to not to vote. that was brilliance. he was a master politician and he would tell them, he would tell them look i am going to be looking at bridges next year, highway funding, looking at ways to help you. but, first, first i need you to help me. it's called old fashion horse trading, it is still done today but nobody was as masterful at it as lyndon johnson. it was just amazing, because senators senators go to the senate to vote. that is their bread and butter. bu
everett dirksen of illinois would send letters to people telling them, this is a signature moment for the united states of america. we need to show our metal by confirming thurgood marshall to the supreme court. so, it was one of those things that we do not see a lot in washington now. it was bipartisan, in the end it really was. that is how thurgood marshall extended to the supreme court. >> host: it sounds like 20 senators did not vote in that. >> guest: yes, i am so glad that you...
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so if they were going to stop a filibuster on civil rights, they needed everett dirksen's support. e nuclear test ban treaty. once dirksen agreed to whatever the compromise was, then enough votes would come on board for the majority to prevail. and so everett dirksen, even though he was only the minority lieder was extremely important leader at this time, and it seemed fitting to name this building after him. senator dirksen liked to say that he was a man of principle, and one of his greatest principles was to maintain flexibility at all times. and that made him a very agile senator and a man who understood that you have to compromise in order to build consensus. in the united states senate, compromise is essential for passing any kind of legislation. getting some kind of bipartisanship is important because rarely does a majority party have sufficient votes to be able to pass something entirely by itself. always the majority leaders have got to persuade members of the minority to come on board. and always there's some kind of a coalition that's being built. so i think that's one of
so if they were going to stop a filibuster on civil rights, they needed everett dirksen's support. e nuclear test ban treaty. once dirksen agreed to whatever the compromise was, then enough votes would come on board for the majority to prevail. and so everett dirksen, even though he was only the minority lieder was extremely important leader at this time, and it seemed fitting to name this building after him. senator dirksen liked to say that he was a man of principle, and one of his greatest...
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our district was once represented by abraham lincoln, everett dirksen, bob michael, ray lahood and nowdarin lahood and we're very proud of that. >> in those 35 years that you've been here in washington, have the parties gone this way? i mean there used to be quite a mix in the middle. >> yeah, there was. i think the parties have gone to their own corners. the republicans have gone to the right and the democrats have gone to the left. i think because it's maybe a result of real partisan party opportunities to elect maybe the more extreme people in the parties. and our district in i will notice is a conservative district, but illinois i think is still considered a democratic state.is a conservative distric illinois i think is still considered a democratic state. but it's a way i think for the parties to reflect the more extreme points of view. and i don't see that changing in the near term. >> al is in watertown, vermont on the independent line. al, you're on with former secretary of transportation ray lahood. >> caller: thank you for caming my call. i think ray would think i'm an extrem
our district was once represented by abraham lincoln, everett dirksen, bob michael, ray lahood and nowdarin lahood and we're very proud of that. >> in those 35 years that you've been here in washington, have the parties gone this way? i mean there used to be quite a mix in the middle. >> yeah, there was. i think the parties have gone to their own corners. the republicans have gone to the right and the democrats have gone to the left. i think because it's maybe a result of real...