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

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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."
• E) They were legislators who were in the pocket of the meat-packing industry.

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