Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge continued his "fight" to keep the Flood Control bill from passing the House in the form it was given by the Senate (TIME, April 9). When President Coolidge "fights" a bill he usually does it by inviting his Congressional lieutenants to the White House and hearing what they can tell him about the opposition, about the possibilities for compromise. He himself says little, letting the White House atmosphere and a few wry questions stimulate the mental activity of the lieutenants. Then, as the lieutenants plan and discuss, President Coolidge draws negative lines here and there. After last week...
...Passed a Senate bill raising the pay of Washington park policemen...
...Passed a Senate bill to establish a wild life refuge on the Bear River in Utah...
...question of whether co-operative buying may become an evil partaking of the nature of a "trust" is now a live issue before the U. S. House of Representatives. Representative Walter H. Newton of Minnesota recently introduced a bill to authorize and encourage pooled buying of raw materials abroad, but the House voted down the bill last week...
...blue-shirted New York team were picked to win this year because they were fast and clever, because their centre, Frank Boucher, is the smartest poke-checker in the game, because their two bald defense men, Ivan ("Ching") Johnson and Clarence ("Taffy") Abel, are heavy and efficient, because Bill Cook, who skates with the rhythm of a moose running, is the highest-paid team captain in the National Hockey League, because Bun Cook, his brother who looks like Lindbergh and is engaged to be married, is surpassed as a skater only by the famed Howie Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens...