Word: consented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Again, the Constitution says that the President shall appoint officials ''by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." But is the "advice and consent" of the Senate needed for their removal? That question also remains to be settled. It seems that it will be shortly...
...Frank S. Myers, Postmaster of Portland, Ore., was removed from office by the President one year before his term expired. Mr. Myers has since died. His heirs are suing to recover his salary for the rest of his term, contending that the Senate did not give its consent to his removal and, therefore, he technically remained in office...
...were passed over the heads of the venerable Senators, which is impossible?an address from both Houses of the Canadian Parliament requesting the Mother Parliament at Westminster to amend the Act. Thus it becomes apparent that the rights and privileges of the Senate cannot be altered except by the consent of the Senate itself...
...British view is that France should follow England's example in arranging the steps leading to ultimate payment. The American view is that these loans are collectible and due like commercial debts, and since it refused annexations or indemnities in making the peace, the United States must not consent to undergo this profitless confiscation of its capital. Justice seems to lie in each claim, and in none...
...told them that before leaving France, he had been almost mobbed by hundreds of poor men and women who had invested money in Russian bonds, and who would never consent to forfeit them. The Ambassador continued...