Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rayburn first went to work in his own party, got a Democratic caucus to curb the committee's power. After five stormy hours, the caucus decided that henceforth the chairman of any House committee which reports a bill will have the right to call up the bill for consideration by the whole House, after the Rules Committee has sat on it for 21 days. Then, the plan was put before the entire House. By a voice vote the changes became...
...that time Lucas had made his mark in Washington as a friend of the farmer and a down-the-line New Dealer. One of the few measures on which he broke with Franklin Roosevelt was the court-packing bill. Since then he has jumped the fence only to nibble at such lush political grass as last year's Republican tax cut. He voted for the Taft-Hartley bill, then changed front, voted to uphold Harry Truman's veto...
...Kaifeng, capital of Honan province, the Communist take-over was peaceful. A U.S. woman missionary said "they came in, fired into the air and told Nationalist soldiers to lay down their arms. Civilians were told to go home-'walk, don't run.' " Commissars posted a bill of rights. One clause provided "freedom of thought and religion." Food was brought in and prices went down. Before the new policy was introduced, ton chang (the people's court) was dreaded by many middle-class Chinese. The Reds admitted regretfully that "in some places landlord and rich peasant elements...
...approve of land reform. Conspiracy with the Habsburgs? That was a brilliant idea; it would arouse the antimonarchist elements in the U.S. Conspiracy with the U.S.? That was just as good; it would arouse anti-U.S. elements in Europe. Eventually all the Communist delegates agreed on a draft bill of particulars against Mindszenty...
Sweeping first and second places in five events, Bill Brooks' freshman swimming squad took its second victory of the season by sinking Boston University 54 to 21 Saturday afternoon in the Blockhouse...