What Was the Problem Speaker Sam Rayburn Identified with the "Steak

question 41

Multiple Choice

What was the problem Speaker Sam Rayburn identified with the "steak men" at the beginning of the twentieth century?

• A) They were politicians who were in the pocket of the cattle industry.
• B) They were legislators who would "sell" their votes on a bill for free steak dinners.
• C) They were legislators who would attempt to cut all the meat out of the budgets.
• D) They were lobbyists who Rayburn said were full of "bull."

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