Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Passed after much debate the measure for funding the $4,025,000,000 French debt to the U. S. as agreed upon by the Debt Funding Commission and Ambassador Bérenger (TIME, May 10, THE CABINET) by vote of 236 to 112. (Bill went to the Senate...
...Passed a bill for funding the $62,850,000 Jugoslavian debt 80 to 14, without a roll call. (Bill went to the Senate...
...Passed after a prolonged debate, a rivers and harbors bill (see below), (Bill went to the Senate...
...four blows at Coolidge prestige. Furthermore it means that Iowa farmers, at least, are aroused because they have not had the kind of farm relief they want-and Congress is likely to judge all farmer sentiment by Iowa, so that the chances of the passage of a farm relief bill before Congress adjourns are greatly increased...
Last week the House passed a rivers and harbors bill. Such bills are usually like public buildings bills-something of a pork barrel measure. The scene in the House at passage seems less like a logrolling match than a cat and dog fight. There were three parts of the bill that aroused special opposition: 1) An appropriation of $1,500,000 to provide a nine-foot waterway from Chicago to the Mississippi River, thereby connecting the Great Lakes and the Gulf. 2) $100,000 for a survey of the so-called All-American route (through New York) for a canal...