He did not consider this vindictive. only proper punishment for attacking the United States at Pearl Harbor in By the end of World War II. Dick Russell had become one of the United States Senates leading members. Passage of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 left him with especially strong committee assignments. While he lost his chairmanship of the Immigration Committee. which had been absorbed by the Judiciary Committee. Russell retained his position on Appropriations and got a seat on the newly formed and powerful Armed Services Committee. When the Democrats regained a majority in Congress in 1949. following their defeat in 1946.
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