Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President's message of renunciation to Wyoming (TIME, April 2), the three biggest bones of contention between the Administration and Congress-Tax Reduction, Muscle Shoals, Farm Relief-appeared more contentious than ever and the prospect of three vetoes increased. Also, the House passed a far smaller Navy bill than the Administration had asked. Also, the Senate passed a Flood Control measure in which local contributions, as urged by the President, were only "recognized in principle," not levied in fact...
...President Coolidge signed the radio bill, extending the life of the Federal Radio Commission to March...
...Mack or Sergeant Michael Devlin as he is called in the play-bill, was a fussy and bumptious redcoat, though shrewd, daring and romantic withal. He was making love to dope flend's little sister as the curtain fell after all the villians were on their way to the gallows. "The Scarlet Fox," excepting several ridiculous moments of April-fooling, is a pretty fair cock-and-bull dream. In it you may enjoy some unbelievably veracious acting by Miss Marie Chambers as the chatelaine of a Canadian bagnlo; by Mr. Sam Lee, as a canny Chinaman, and by Mr. Sweeney...
...House, Wisconsin's Berger, lone Socialist, introduced a bill to raise the minimum Federal wage to $2,000. The Committee pondered...
...members of Congress some 250 Representatives and a score of Senators flew. Observers watched to see how Congress would deal with Representative Furlow's bill providing a separate promotion list and "just" pay for the Army Air Corps, for which Col. Lindbergh has spoken...