Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comparison of the chief points of the bill as passed by the House and as passed by the Senate...
...final burst of speed, working until 11:00 o'clock at night on the last day, the Senate passed the tax reduction bill and it went into joint conference to iron out the differences between the House's idea and the Senate's idea of tax reduction...
Vexed, Senator Smoot cried out: "Go ahead and ruin the bill!" Subsequently the group which had been defeated in seeking to prevent reduction in surtaxes, retain estate taxes, retain tax-publicity, etc., broke loose and, with support of not a few regulars, added $100,000,000* to the tax cut in one wild afternoon. Towards evening Mr. Reed of Pennsylvania suggested adjournment: "We should stop now after this excessive storm." And so they waited until the next day when passions had cooled...
...Committee of the Whole, the Senate voted a second time on several important points. Abolition of the tax on admissions was sustained 40 to 27. The repeal of the estate taxes was upheld^ 40 to 23. The final vote was 58 to 9 in favor of the bill...
...bill went to joint conference with the prediction among competent observers that it would be remodeled into something very like what it was when the House passed it originally...