Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Henry W. Peabody's latest attack indicts the Democratic congressmen who hope to pass a bill legalizing three or four per cent beer as a revenue measure which will give the Federal Treasury $200,000,000 annually. "To insure such revenue," said Mrs. Peabody, "would compel everybody, men, women, and children, to drink several gallons of beer weekly." This single sentence will suffice to make her a national figure...
...grass will grow in your streets,' and Congress is saying 'Let's see the grass.' " Most Senators and Representatives felt that European debtor nations were ganging the U. S. taxpayer and Congress was that harried individual's last line of defense. The few Congressmen whose minds remained open observed with dismay that owing largely to the uncertainty of Europe's paying $124,000,000, the value of securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange had slumped $3,500,000,000 in three weeks, farm commodity values untold millions more...
...Prepared for a round of political visits this week from Democratic Senators and Congressmen...
...building's overall measurements are 385 ft. by 304 ft. With the exterior finished in Vermont marble, Alabama marble will be used on the interior, Georgia marble will be used in the four courtyards. At Architect Gilbert's insistence and to the dismay of penny-pinching Congressmen, the Court chamber itself will be finished in Italian and Spanish marbles-a fact so far discreetly soft-pedaled...
...wanted a Change, were anti-Hoover if not pro-Roosevelt. A steady rise in local taxation under Republican governors did its share to help the Democrats. Though Maine has been officially Dry for more than half a century, thousands of its citizens, resenting Federal prohibition, voted for Wet Democratic Congressmen...