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Word: bill (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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First, there is no such body as the "Denver Legislature." Second, if the Colorado legislature is meant, Judge Lindsey is not a member and could not, therefore, "introduce" any bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 7, 1927 | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...Debated furiously, filibustered for 28½ hours, refused to apply closure on the Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Mar. 7, 1927 | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...Applied closure to force a vote on the Administration's bill creating a separate bureau of Prohibition in the Treasury Department, placing all Federal Dry agents under the Civil Service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Mar. 7, 1927 | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...Reversed its previous action and defied the President by adding a $450,000 appropriation to the Navy bill to begin immediate construction of three cruisers. Speaker Longworth left his chair to enter the debate. (After the Senate approved a conference report, the bill went to the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Mar. 7, 1927 | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...Passed the Norbeck-Johnson seed loan bill, authorizing the Government to lend $5,000,000 to needy farmers. (Bill went to the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Legislative Week Mar. 7, 1927 | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

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