Word: 69th
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course, it was the same Senate-the 69th. There was Sen. Charles Curtis, the Republican leader, getting up from his back row seat and going out with Sen. Reed Smoot, the tall, lean Mormon, who is Chairman of the Finance Committee. When the latter speaks, it is with a dry holy passion for financial soundness. Mr. Curtis rarely speaks, but together they steer, or attempt to steer the Senate. Last week they brought peace into the Republican ranks, placated the insurgents with good committeeships...
...personal note of $6,232.50; many another lawmaker laid down the cares of domestic life and strode up the steps of the Capitol. In the Senate chamber the gavel of Vice President Dawes smote his desk; in the House the gavel of Speaker Nicholas Longworth did likewise. The 69th Congress had begun its last and its "lame duck" session...
...having been insurgent Democrats like Senator James A. Reed. But now the tide has swung around and President Coolidge, if he were inclined to squabble with the Senate, might have reason to make such a remark concerning the Republican insurgents. They hold the balance of power today in the 69th Senate; during the next two years in the 70th session their power will be decisive, the votes of any two of them being sufficient to give either the Democrats or Republicans control of the Senate. Calvin Coolidge, however, is no Woodrow Wilson. Last week he set about to placate...
Senator-elect Gould is entitled to take his seat on Dec. 6 in the 69th Congress, and continue to serve through the 70th Congress. Thus, the slim Republican control Of the next Senate is still safe. However, Mr. Redman threatens to fight to unseat Mr. Gould, while at the same time, the Democrats are contesting the seats of Senators-elect Vare of Penn sylvania and Smith of Illinois...
...fortnight ago, word leaked out that Senator Robert M. LaFollette and the insurgent Republicans are planning a filibuster against appropriation bills in the 69th Congress in order to force a special session of the 70th. Last week Senator-elect Smith Wildman Brookhart of Iowa added his booming voice to the movement. Said he: "Since about a million farmers have lost their property or their homes during the last six years, and the vast majority of them are now facing disaster, the most speedy and drastic action is demanded. Anybody who thinks this battle can be won by whistling 'Yankee...