Word: aye
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Moses finishes by asking the delegation to accept the Green proposal as their minimal demand. The delegates respond with a unanimous "aye...
Moses finishes by asking the delegation to accept the Green proposal as their minimal demand. The delegates respond with a unanimous "aye...
...Speaker John McCormack of Massachusetts for his performance as convention chairman and especially for his skill at railroading untidy decisions through the convention. "I must say," chuckled Lyndon, "that I admired his parliamentary ability when he seated the Alabama delegation and he said, 'All those in favor say aye, all those opposed no, motion carried...
...they knew it. The committee voted 10 to 5-with California Republican H. Allen Smith joining four Democrats in opposition-to send the bill to the House floor with a recommendation for approval. And next day, by a lopsided 289 to 126 (with 153 Democrats and 136 Republicans voting aye, 91 Democrats and 35 Republicans voting nay), a cheering House of Representatives gave final and historic approval...
Acid in the Pool. In the showdown, 46 Democrats voted for the bill, while 21 voted against it. Twenty-seven Republicans voted aye, while only six said no. In addition to Barry Goldwater (see following story), the dissident Republicans were New Hampshire's Norris Cotton, Iowa's Bourke Hickenlooper, New Mexico's Edwin Mechem, Wyoming's Milward Simpson and Texas' John Tower...