Javits makes no obeisance to the titular authors of the laws he has helped to shape and enact. "I really pulled that one off." he says. or "I did an excellent thing setting that up." In an institution where verbosity is a virtue. Javits is probably the greatest virtuoso of them allat least since Hubert Humphrey departed. "He knows the facts on everything." says Marionand he can summarize them in a few thousand choice words at a moments notice. Back in 1961. Javits was orating on an immigration bill that he considered unjust when Rhode Island Democrat John Pastore tried to gain the floor. "Let me finish." pleaded Javits. Pastore looked up at the chambers high ceiling. rolled his eyes dramatically and moaned: "The Senator never finishes." When he isnt talking. Javits is thinking.
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