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From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Fuzzy headed liberal
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 18:09:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 30 18:09:00 1984
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Nf-From: uiucdcs!renner    Oct 23 23:09:00 1984

>  Yea, I used to believe everything the newspaper told me too ... Now I
>  make my own decisions.  If you look the right places, you can probably
>  find what really happens.  Have you ever looked at the _Congressional
>  Record_? Nope, didn't think so. That'll give a real good idea of what
>  happens in congress.		  -- Andy Banta (pucc-k!agz)

I beg to differ.  The Congressional Record will tell you what Congressmen 
*want* you to think happens in Congress.  Congressmen have essentially
unlimited editing power over the CR, and use it shamelessly.  Entire
speeches are frequently read "into the record" and are indistinguishable
from those read on the floor.  True, records of what actually happens in
Congress are kept -- but you aren't allowed to read them.  All you get is 
the sanitized version.

Now, you might want to look at a publication called *Congressional 
Quarterly*, which comes out in quarterly almanacs and weekly "updates."
It should be available in a quality library.

Scott Renner
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