Word: bill
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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...
...Debated furiously, filibustered for 28½ hours, refused to apply closure on the Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam bill...
...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...
...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...
...Passed the Norbeck-Johnson seed loan bill, authorizing the Government to lend $5,000,000 to needy farmers. (Bill went to the President...