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The Fruited Plain: Fables for a Postmodern Democracy

Alvin Kernan

Print publication date: 2002

Print ISBN-13: 9780300092905

Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013

DOI: 10.12987/yale/9780300092905.001.0001

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Klutz-Brightgrin H.R. 1984—The John Quincy Thud On-Line Biography of Great Americans

Klutz-Brightgrin H.R. 1984—The John Quincy Thud On-Line Biography of Great Americans

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The Fruited Plain
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Alvin Kernan

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Yale University Press
DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300092905.003.0006

This chapter tells a satirical story about Congress. A well-publicized case involving the credit rating of Winfield Joad prompted the chairman of the House of Representatives National Information Committee, the Honorable Solon Klutz, to introduce the National ID Database Law, Klutz-Brightgrin H.R. 1984. The hearings on the bill along with public and media reactions are described.

Keywords:   Joad family, politics, lawmakers, Winfield Joad, credit rating

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