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Robert Caro says Sam Rayburn led the House of Representatives and helped pass many of Franklin D. Roosevelt's bills and other legislation.
Unresolved speaker · What Robert Caro learned about power after studying it for 50 years · 30 Oct 2026
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“There's no good biography of Sam Rayburn, yet he controlled, he ran the House of Representatives. He passed so many of Roosevelt's bills and other bills.”50:01Report a misattribution
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