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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
3/1/2021
The Sex Scandal that Reshaped Congress — and the Warnings for Today
by Julian Zelizer
Wilbur Mills's reckless public conduct, culminating in drunkenly hijacking the microphone at a performance by his mistress, an exotic dancer with the stage name of Fanne Foxe, led to reform of the sclerotic seniority system that gave old Southern conservatives a stranglehold on legislation.
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