The House Democratic leader, Speaker Sam Rayburn, invited a friend to come by his office for a drink.

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The Rayburn House Office Building, named for longtime Democratic Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, and the Dirksen Senate Office Building, named for longtime Republican Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois, recognize leaders of different parties and different ideologies who knew how, in the end, to cut through the mess and get things done.

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Ike was President and Speaker Sam Rayburn and Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson controlled Congress.

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Having identified Sam Rayburn as a strong triple B credit, I next turned to the question of pricing.

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