Word: caucusing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the opposing speakers have presented their views, a spokesman for each party takes the floor to expound his party's position on the issue at stake. The spokesmen and policy for each party are determined at caucuses preceding the main meeting. After the party spokesmen finish, party members who may have been outvoted in caucus present their views. The meetings end with a vote of the House to determine the PU's stand on the issue presented...
...front of the great white building a small group of Young Democrats had gathered, heads together as if caucausing. It was 1:20, ten minutes before Dever was scheduled to arrive. Stanley Tobin, president of the club, broke away from the caucus and greeted us. "It's a closed meeting," he said, "but the CRIMSON's welcome." He smiled and added, "I hope we don't give you anything more to write about.' We smiled back...
...believes the growth in the American population, rather than interest in any one party, has upped registration. With millions more citizens, we were bound to get new voters, he said, but cautioned that "a comparison of caucus figures is necessary to get the real impact of the population increase...
...solution to our dilemma-the dilemma faced by lifelong Texas Democrats who sincerely want to vote their own convictions without leaving the party of their fathers ... In my opinion there is no legal and moral way of accomplishing the desired purpose . . . It is time for every Texan to caucus with his own conscience...
Romantic Filibuster. The Prairie Giant fell with a crash that reverberated through the social circles of the capital. Summoning all his demagogue's dialectic and caucus cunning, Senator Ratcliffe sets out to filibuster Mrs. Lee out of her heart, her hand and her income. As the senatorial courtship wheezes forward, Adams steps out of the wings to take a peek at U.S. society of the late 19th century...