Complex sentence: On the night of August 7,1974, Senators Barry Goldwater and Hugh Scott and Congressman John Jacob Rhodes met with Nixon in the Oval Office and told him that his support in Congress had all but disappeared.
Split into simpler sentences: On the night of August 7,1974, Senators Barry Goldwater and Hugh Scott and Congressman John Jacob Rhodes met with Nixon in the Oval Office. The three lawmakers told Nixon that his support in Congress had all but disappeared.