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He and House Republican leader Charles Halleck conducted weekly press conferences, known as the "Ev and Charlie show."
He and House Republican leader Charles Halleck conducted weekly press conferences, known as the "Ev and Charlie show."
The most famous quote attributed to Dirksen was his stinging criticism of government spending: "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money."
The most famous quote attributed to Dirksen was his sarcastic account of uncontrolled government spending: "A million here, a million there, pretty soon, you're talking real money." It is uncertain whether Dirksen originated the quip; in recent years inflation has changed "million" to "billion".
Dirksen's speaking voice was so resonant that he recorded four albums. His "Gallant Men" won a Grammy Award and rose to #29 on the U.S. Billboard charts.
Dirksen's speaking voice was so resonant that he recorded four albums. His "Gallant Men" won a Grammy Award and rose to #29 on the U.S. Billboard charts.
==Bibliography==
===Primary sources===
*Dirksen, Everett McKinley. ''The Education of a Senator''. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998.
*Dirksen, Louella Carver, with Norma Lee Browning. '' The Honorable Mr. Marigold: My Life With Everett Dirksen''. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1972.
===Secondary sources===
* Dietz, Terry; ''Republicans and Vietnam, 1961–1968'' Greenwood: 1986.
* Hulsey, Byron C. ''Everett Dirksen and His Presidents: How a Senate Giant Shaped American Politics''. (2000). [http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/huleve.html Abstract]
* MacNeil, Neil. ''Dirksen: Portrait of a Public Man''. New York: World Publishing Company, 1970.
* Rodriguez; Daniel B. and Barry R. Weingast. "The Positive Political Theory of Legislative History: New Perspectives on the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Its Interpretation" '' University of Pennsylvania Law Review''. Volume: 151. Issue: 4. 2003. pp 1417+.
* Schapsmeier Edward L., and Frederick H. Schapsmeier. ''Dirksen of Illinois''. University of Illinois Press, 1985, the standard scholarly biography
==External links==
*[http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1996/iht319648.html Stan Mendenhall, "Everett Dirksen and the 1964 Civil Rights Act."]
*[http://www.dirksencenter.org The Dirksen Congressional Research Center]
[[Category:Political People|Dirksen, Everett]]
[[Category:Political People|Dirksen, Everett]]