Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Voted 66-14 to take up McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill (see FARMERS...
...Passed 49-27 the Naval Appropriation Bill carrying $320,000,000 including $1,200,000 for the immediate construction of three cruisers. The cruisers had previously been thrown out in the House by 22 votes, most of the Republican leaders voting for the cruisers against the President's wishes. In the Senate, the "radicals" and a few staunch Administration] sts sided with the President against cruisers. A majority of both parties were impressed by figures: Great Britain has 54 cruisers, Japan 25, U. S. 15.* The cruiser item will again be fought in the House, but passage is likely...
...Passed 51-27 the Lenroot-Taber bill prohibiting importation of milk or cream into the U. S. without a permit from the Secretary of Agriculture. U. S. dairy interests are pleased. Urban consumers may.be vexed. Typical argument for the bill: "Is it fair to place United States dairy farmers, who have to comply with strict sanitary rules, in competition with Canadian dairies where conditions are sometimes shocking?"-Senator Lenroot. (Bill went to the President.) The House- ([ Passed a bill for the improvement of Alaska. (Bill went to the Senate.) C Passed a bill making appropriations for District of Columbia...
...pronounced serious. For several years he has suffered from angina pectoris. An hour previous to his collapse in the barber shop, Senators had noted he looked poorly. He had been making a speech on one of the most complicated matters Senators ever gave ear to-the Alien Property Bill...
...virtually amounts to a punishment for life. You are asked to do what is well known as a bill of attainder, and the Constitution of the United States forbids the passage of such bills by the Congress. . . . What is sought is punitive vengeance of the cruelest kind...