Otto Ernest Passman
American politician (1900-1988) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 88
Otto Ernest Passman was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district from 1947 until 1977.
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As a congressman, Passman chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations where he was a well-known opponent of foreign aid spending. He was made the subcommittee chair in his fifth term by Appropriations Committee Chair Clarence Cannon. He made himself an unchallengeable authority on foreign assistance programs, which he substantially reduced to the chagrin of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. Then he would defend his reduced program against any further cuts. He was dominant in foreign aid until the death of Cannon in 1964, when he lost control of his subcommittee.
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