mvaughn89 t1_j3rdtmk wrote on January 10, 2023 at 3:41 PM Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32 There’s probably more recent than this. The shift in Congress started around 1996 Permalink Parent 1
mvaughn89 t1_j3rdtmk wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that in 1947, U.S. House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn was gifted a 1947 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 62 from 142 Democratic congressmembers and 50 Republican congressmembers. Each congressmen donated $25 to circumvent Rayburns personal rule of not accepting gifts more than $25. by FranklinDRoosevelt32
There’s probably more recent than this. The shift in Congress started around 1996