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Title"Might as well start things off with a bang"TypeStill ImageCollectionNoteForms part of: Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress)SummaryEditorial cartoon drawing showing a child wearing a hat labeled "1959" and carrying five large firecrackers as he walks up the steps of the Capitol for the 86th Congress. The firecrackers he carries are labeled, "Hays-Alford seat," "Democratic liberal's program," "House Rules Committee fight," and "Revolt of G.O.P. liberals." With the new Congress set to convene in 1959, Herblock implied that potential quarrels brewed between North and South, liberal and conservative, and integrationist and segregationist in the upcoming Congress. The Democrats swept the 1958 mid-term national elections, gaining the majority in both the Senate and the House - to the Republicans' dismayAuthorized Access PointBlock, Herbert, 1909-2001 "Might as well start things off with a bang"