Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...three hoots. The increases for Pennsyl vania are so insignificant that they don't amount to anything. What counts are the administrative provisions of the bill." He explained that his lobbying method included no publicity, no "press bureaus' but direct personal contact with Senators and Congressmen who write tariff bills...
Senator-at-large. "A man who receives 15 million votes but not enough to be elected automatically retires to private life and leaves the 15 million unrepresented except in so far as their senators and their congressmen are concerned. As a remedy, I suggest that we can amend our constitution to provide that the candidate for the presidency who receives the second highest number of votes should be entitled to a seat in the United States Senate as a senator-at-large during the term of his successful opponent. ... He would naturally become the leader of the minority party...
...today is found a rare grandfather-father-son tradition of service in the ancient and honorable family of Tucker from Virginia. Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) served in the 14th and 15th Congress. His chief distinction: a tirade and a vain vote in 1816 against increased pay for Congressmen which he refused to take himself. John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) served from the 44th to the 50th Congress. Henry St. George Tucker, 76, is now serving his ninth noncontinuous Congressional term since 1889. His chief distinction: a tirade and a vote in 1927 against increased pay for Congressmen which...
...Nebraskan, Senator George William Norris, whose candidacy for the Presidency he did not take seriously last year. Confirmation of the Board did not materially clear up all the uncertainties which confront this new Federal agency. In Washington the feeling persisted that the Board had no set policy. Senators and Congressmen who helped write the Farm Act attempted to explain to Board members what it meant, what their purposes were, but their words only added chaos to confusion. Last week Chairman Legge sought to increase the foreign "lookout posts" for U. S. agriculture from three to ten. He explained...
...State Stimson, was the last place where Prime Minister clasped hands with President. Two hours previously they had formally farewelled at the White House, but Mr. Hoover slipped over to his Secretary's stag dinner. No socialites were present as such. Most of the stags were potent Congressmen and Senators of both parties, including Senatorial floor leaders Robinson (Dem.) and Watson (Rep.). Sound meat for conversation was a joint declaration issued earlier in the day by Stags Hoover and MacDonald, momentously summing the results of their conversations...