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Conable, Barber Benjamin Jr.
US banker and Republican politician
Representative from New York 1965-1985
ranking Republican on House Ways and Means Committee 1977-1985
president of World Bank 1986-1991
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- "I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision."
- "Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision."
- "[Congress is] functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority."
