Word: elected
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Paul A. Freund, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, has told a Senate subcommittee that Congress should elect a new Vice-President when the post becomes vacant. He also suggested that the new President--President Johnson, for example--nominate several candidates for the office...
Standard Deductions. Individuals may elect to take a new standard short-form deduction of $300, plus another $100 for each dependent (excluding themselves...
...consult his conscience and his constituency on this issue. It is for each Senator to determine whether he is prepared to ignore, to evade or to deny this issue or some aspect of it. But it would be a tragic error if this body as a whole were to elect the closed-eyes course of inaction...
...number of the bills call for Congress to elect a new vice-President when that office becomes vacant. A second group would have the President name a new vice-President. A proposed Constitutional amendment sponsored by Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) combines the best parts of these two proposals; Bayh's bill would have the President nominate a man, who would then have to be confirmed by Congress. This suggestion would avoid having Congress dictate its choice to the President; the need for Congressional confirmation provides a valuable cheek, on the President's decision...
...East African revolt move inland to plague the wobbly governments of other territories? One vulnerable region was Northern Rhodesia, which is due to get its independence by year's end. But all was quiet last week as thousands of African voters flocked to the polling booths to elect Northern Rhodesia's first Prime Minister...