Prior to Lyndon B. Johnson's leadership, United States Senate committee assignments were determined strictly by seniority for approximately one century

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Federal prosecutors relied on House Judiciary Committee Republican general counsel Steve Castor to substantiate the materiality element of the false statement charges against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides

Steve Castor did not attend the congressional transcribed interview of Bradley Benavides and did not read the transcript prior to advising the FBI on materiality

The Federal Bureau of Investigation originally collected committee assessments on materiality through written questions without providing exact transcripts of Nikki Flores and Bradley Benavides's House Judiciary Committee testimony

Lyndon B. Johnson's two immediate predecessors as Senate Majority Leader both lost their United States Senate seats in reelection campaigns

Lyndon B. Johnson arranged campaign funding from Texas oil executives for United States senators seeking reelection

Lyndon B. Johnson scheduled a vote on a federal dam between Idaho and Oregon to secure Western senators' votes for the Civil Rights Act of 1957

Lyndon B. Johnson's two immediate predecessors as Senate Democratic Leader each lost their subsequent Senate re-election campaigns

Cenk Uygur released a political advertisement in the Michigan Senate race supporting candidate Abdul El-Sayed against Mike Rogers

Dan J. Sullivan registered as a Republican on the day Dan J. Sullivan filed to run against incumbent Republican Dan S. Sullivan in the Alaska Senate race

In 1957, after Senator Estes Kefauver voted against Lyndon B. Johnson on a legislative motion, Johnson assigned a coveted Foreign Relations Committee seat to Senator John F. Kennedy

To win Western senatorial support for the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Lyndon B. Johnson permitted a vote on a federal dam between Idaho and Oregon

Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson established a standard practice of barring bills from the floor until a unanimous consent agreement was approved

To secure Midwestern Republican votes for the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Lyndon B. Johnson extended jury trial rights to striking railroad union workers

In 1957, Lyndon B. Johnson bypassed Senator Estes Kefauver and assigned a vacant Senate Foreign Relations Committee seat to John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson established a precedent of barring bills from the United States Senate floor until unanimous consent agreements had been negotiated

A Library of Congress inquiry requested by Lyndon B. Johnson determined that the Senate Majority Leader's sole formal power was the right of first recognition on the floor

Lyndon B. Johnson became the Senate Democratic Leader at age 44

Lyndon B. Johnson added a provision granting jury trial rights to striking railroad union workers to secure votes from Midwestern Republicans for the Civil Rights Act of 1957

Lyndon B. Johnson altered the Senate Democratic caucus rules to assign committee seats through the Democratic Steering Committee rather than strictly by seniority

The Library of Congress reported to Lyndon B. Johnson that the Senate Majority Leader's only enumerated formal power was priority recognition on the floor