Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bill Mill. "And now, just a word before we adjourn. I want to congratulate this House on being the most efficient lawmaking body in existence. We have passed three vitally important pieces of legislation in less than two weeks. You have well deserved your holiday...
...important pieces of legislation referred to were, of course, the Deficiency Bill, the Revenue Act, the Alien Property Bill. In addition, from Dec. 5 to Dec. 21 the House had passed 19 other bills and joint resolutions, and 25 resolutions requiring House action only...
...total number of measures introduced in the House was 8,459. Notable among last week's grist for the bill mill were three proposed Navy inquiries prompted by the S-4 disaster; a new farm-relief bill by Representative Haugen of Iowa; a Mississippi flood-control bill, by Chairman Reid of the Flood-Control Committee, calling for Federal payment of the entire program instead of only 80% as urged by the administration...
...Chamber and Senate overwhelmingly ratified, last week, a bill calling for the expenditure in 1928 of 150,000,000 francs ($7,500,000) on the building of 15 new war boats totaling 37,500 tons. Boats: one 10,000 ton cruiser; six superspeed 2.500 ton destroyers; five submarines. (See COMMONWEALTH and GERMANY...
...Reichsrat or "Council of the States of the Republic" rejected a bill proposing that Germany should embark upon a naval building program which called for the construction of one armored cruiser of 10,000 tons. Since the august consent of the Reichsrat must be obtained before a bill can be introduced in Parliament, the proposed "naval program" was definitely quashed. (See COMMONWEALTH and FRANCE...