Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then the Ambassador asked many a Senatorial friend to lunch with him in the Capitol and, jokester that he is, left the bill to be paid by Senate Leader Watson of Indiana...
...Passed its farm relief bill, with Debenture...
Attack. As Mr. Hawley's chief Democratic opponent, Minority Leader Garner took the House floor all abluster to attack, not so much the new bill as the prospective Republican method of putting it through the House under a "gag rule." This method he called "legislative cowardice." He described Speaker Longworth and Leader Tilson as "yellow, legislatively speaking" for fearing a "handful of Democrats." The "most vicious proposal" he could find related to its valuation system...
Consumers' View. An immediate question was: What effect will this bill, if and when enacted, have upon the cost of living? Such politicians as Massachusetts' Senator Walsh were quick to raise the old cry of "outrageous and exorbitant duties on food products," to predict direful increases in household expenses. More practical men, outside of Congress and familiar with food distribution and the tariff's effect upon it, were ready to believe that the retail buyer would not see much change in his meat and grocery bills. Operations between producer and consumer by the much-maligned Middle-Man would, experts explained...
...Adopted a resolution for a survey of Richmond, Va. battlefields. Received the tariff bill from the Ways & Means Committee: began debate upon...