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Recalling The Long, Hard Slog To A 'Historic Piece Of Legislation'
When the famously volatile Sen. Ed Muskie was "particularly testy," his staffers had a solution: Call Leon Billings.

Billings, who worked with Muskie for more than a decade, would find the Maine Democrat in his office, brooding over legislative annoyances or a setback to his 1972 presidential campaign.