Word: billing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...people. It is for this reason that the House of Representatives has come to be called the popular branch of Congress. The House has almost the same duties as the Senate; indeed, in their legislative capacities they are almost identical. One difference is that the House must originate all bills for raising revenue. This was supposed, at the time of the framing of the Constitution, to be a very great power, and that the power of the Senate would be neutralized thereby, but it has not returned out to be of great importance. The reason for this is that...
...House were a small body as it used to be, or as the Senate is, there would be time for everybody to be heard and to present all bills that they wished. But there are such a number of bills at this present time, that it has been necessary to make rules giving preference to certain classes of bills; and a Committee on rules is appointed with power to designate the privileged measures. The Speaker of the House is compelled to recognize any man who tries to pass a privileged bill, except on two days of each month, called days...
...large part of the time of the House is taken up with appropriation bills. The session of Congress which has just closed was of ten weeks' duration and during that time, one thousand million dollars was appropriated, or ten millions a week. We are now passing through a veritable orgy of Extravagance. With an enormous debt, and a large annual defleit, the Ways and Means Committee is now considering the revision of the tariff, and on next Tuesday will present a bill to Congress which, it is hoped, will increase the annual revenue by one hundred millions of dollars...
...first term-bill is due on this date...
...first term-bill is due on this date...