Conditional Aid Quotes
The Christian Roman Empire was split in two—a Western (Latin) Empire led by the Roman Catholic Church in Rome, and the Eastern (Greek) Roman Empire led by the Orthodox Church headquartered in Constantinople (Byzantium). The two churches were not only in a theological conflict but violence broke out and the armies of the two religious empires attacked each other now and then. In 1439, leaders of the two versions of Christianity met in Florence, and they agreed to reunuion in which the Eastern Orthodox would again acknowledge the authority of the Pope. This was not a popular agreement with the majority of the Eastern Orthodox people and some of the clerical leadership. Constantine, realizing that he did not have pubic support at home for the end to the schism and the acceptance of the authority of the Pope, kept stalling on officially announcing and implementing the unity treaty. The Pope’s patience was wearing thin. Constantine did not adhere to ther treaty and the two churches have been apart ever since.
The House had been debating an agricultural subsidy bill. Family farmers had in certain years not been able to sell their produce for the cost of growing it and subsidies made up the difference. But in this particular year, farm prices were very high and the agricultural subsidies were “welfare for the rich.” Farmers who earned over a million dollars in a great agricultural year would get “subsidies.” Typically members of Congress were either opposed to agricultural subsidies or opposed. Congressman Kind had a more nuanced view.
To British requests for aid in the Boer War:
