The Austin-Boston connectionless meaning S House of Representatives leadership was divided between Massachusetts and Texas When the Speaker was from Texas or nearby Oklahoma the Majority Leader was from the Boston area and when the Speaker was from Boston the Majority Leader was from Texas The Austin Boston Connection analyzes the importance of the friendships especially mentor prot g relationships and enmities within congressional delegations regional affinities and the lynchpin practice of appointing the Democratic Whip The Austin Boston Connection Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership 1937 1989.

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