Word: bill
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Then, as if knowing his words were vain, he seemed to give up argument and to abandon himself to an emotional plea for his pet bill. He spoke of his undeveloped, unappreciated, unknown country...
...want to say to you that a vote for Senate bill 575 will merely give to the West and to the western people just a square deal; that is all. I appeal again to Senators. When we voted on this measure a year ago, after discussing it for seven days upon the floor of the Senate to the exclusion of all other business, the vote stood 54 to 23. The railroad lobby was not in evidence at that time to the extent...
...hour of three o'clock having arrived, under the unanimous-consent agreement the Senate will proceed to vote upon Senate bill...
...Gooding "long and short haul" bill was defeated 46-33. Democrats split exactly even, 15 on each side. Most of the eastern Republicans voted against the bill. Republicans for the bill were only 18 in number-Westerners, Radicals, and Senators Couzens, Reed, Wadsworth...
...only is this the end of the Gooding bill this year, it is also the end of important railroad legislation. That is, there is little chance of any radical change this year in Federal legislation governing railroads...