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'''Gracie Bowers Pfost''' (March 12, 1906 – August 11, 1965) was a [[Democrat]] from [[Idaho]] who was the state's first female United States representative, serving for a decade from the first congressional district. She was known as "Hell's Belle"<ref>[https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwi/women/iwi-18.html Gracie Bowers Pfost]. ''Idaho's Women of Influence''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> due to her adamant advocacy for a large federal dam in Hells Canyon. | '''Gracie Bowers Pfost''' (March 12, 1906 – August 11, 1965) was a [[Democrat]] from [[Idaho]] who was the state's first female United States representative, serving for a decade from the first congressional district. She was known as "Hell's Belle"<ref>[https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwi/women/iwi-18.html Gracie Bowers Pfost]. ''Idaho's Women of Influence''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> due to her adamant advocacy for a large federal dam in Hells Canyon. | ||
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| + | During the 82nd Congress, the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations was re-enacted by the U.S. House of Representatives and chaired by [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]]. Thus known as the '''[[Reece Committee]]''', it was tasked to properly investigate subversion among tax-exempt foundations, which the committee conducted a poor job at during the previous congressional session.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 03:32, August 8, 2021
Gracie Bowers Pfost (March 12, 1906 – August 11, 1965) was a Democrat from Idaho who was the state's first female United States representative, serving for a decade from the first congressional district. She was known as "Hell's Belle"[1] due to her adamant advocacy for a large federal dam in Hells Canyon.
U.S. House of Representatives
During the 82nd Congress, the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations was re-enacted by the U.S. House of Representatives and chaired by Tennessee Republican B. Carroll Reece. Thus known as the Reece Committee, it was tasked to properly investigate subversion among tax-exempt foundations, which the committee conducted a poor job at during the previous congressional session.[2]
References
- ↑ Gracie Bowers Pfost. Idaho's Women of Influence. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ↑ FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved August 7, 2021.