Word: congress
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Work Half-Done. Outstanding upon the 70th Congress's list of good intentions when it met were eight measures, varying from a flood control outlay to radio legislation. Of these eight intentions, four had been debated, three passed by one or other of the houses and five not yet acted upon by either house, up to last week. The half-done work was as follows...
Boulder Dam. Farther off than solution of the Muscle Shoals deadlock was the Boulder Dam project on the Colorado River. Here more "power pirates" figured, but not as prominently. Congress was delaying action until the seven States drained and watered by the Colorado should agree among themselves what they want...
...independence," he wrote. ". . . What frightens me as a Filipino is the knowledge that those American 'captains of industry' who have millions invested in the Philippines are also heavy contributors to the campaign chest of the Republican Party. In the name of God, Members of the American Congress, I beseech you to give us our independence before the Philippines, like the 'Teapot Dome' and the naval oil lands, are donated to campaign contributors whose mouths are watering for our golden natural resources...
...experience of seven years as Resident Commissioner in Washington," concluded Lawyer Gabaldon, "has convinced me that the average member of Congress is too busy with affairs concerning his own country to give Philippine matters the attention they must receive to be intelligently and fairly passed upon...
Fifteen thousand bowlers met in Kansas City to compete in the annual American Bowling Congress...