Word: bill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...applause that he had lost. In obedience to John Lewis' orders, some Democrats from Lewis' coal-mining districts slid over to the Republican side; Sam's proposition went down by a 211-to-183 vote. Then the House took a roll-call vote on the Wood bill. The coalition measure won its preliminary test...
Help from the South. It might have been all over then & there if New York City's Vito Marcantonio had not popped up with a demand that a final, printed version of the bill be read. The maneuver put off the final vote until next...
That night Rayburn & aides went to work on Southern Democrats, pleading for votes against the Wood bill so that the Administration-controlled House Labor Committee would at least have a chance to frame a new law. They pointed out that passage of the Wood bill would be a complete surrender to the Republican minority. Some Southerners listened. Next day, ten who had voted for the Wood bill somersaulted and voted against it. It was breathtakingly close. Down went the Wood bill by a hairline vote...
...from 6 to 10? an hour. But living, including laundry, meals and room rent ran to no more than $2 a week. The main dining room offered a varied bill of fare: meat cost 2? a serving, pie 2?, coffee ½? a cup. Clothing was made on the farm, and a system of old-age pensions and insurance...
...dignity of man shall be inviolable" and "all men shall be equal before the law," states the constitution's bill of rights. It provides for a free press, free assembly and inviolability of a man's home. It says: "No one may be prejudiced or privileged because of his sex, descent, race, language, homeland or origin, faith, or his religious and political opinions...