Interview with James T. Fleming, June 3, 1988
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
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Former LRC director James Fleming discusses the changing power of the LRC as it became involved in legislative reform efforts in the mid 1960's through the 1970's. Fleming reflects on Wendell Ford's legislative style, discusses his own role in restructuring the legislative process, talks about the power of the Rules Committee, gives his opinion of the change in the election schedule for the Kentucky General Assembly, discusses the evolution of leadership selection in the General Assembly following legislative independence,Interview Accession
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Carroll, Julian Morton, 1931-2023 Fleming, James T. Fleming, James T.--Interviews Ford, Wendell H., 1924-2015 Kentucky. General Assembly--Committees Kentucky. General Assembly--Reform Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission Moloney, Richard Patrick, 1902-1963Interview Rights
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Fleming, James T. Interview by Malcolm Jewell. 03 Jun. 1988. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Fleming, J.T. (1988, June 03). Interview by M. Jewell. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Fleming, James T., interview by Malcolm Jewell. June 03, 1988, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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