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House Minority Leader Charles Halleck (R-IN) and Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL)

In 1961 Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (right) and House Republican Leader Charles Halleck (left) began holding weekly press conferences, which came to be known as the “Ev and Charlie Show.”
In 1961 Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (right) and House Republican Leader Charles Halleck (left) began holding weekly press conferences, which came to be known as the “Ev and Charlie Show.”
credit: U.S. Senate Historical Office