Word: enact
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enough in this country about equal rights," he said. "We have talked for 100 years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law. I urge you again, as I did in 1957, and again in 1960, to enact a civil rights law so that we can move forward to eliminate from this nation every trace of discrimination and oppression that is based upon race or color. There could be no greater source of strength to this nation both at home and abroad...
...there is only one tribute that can give meaning to his death. It is simply this: that the ideals he lived for be embodied in law. No single piece of legislation was closer to him than a strong civil rights bill. If, in the face of his death, we enact laws he urgently desired, then alongside the tragedy, his spirit is proclaimed. If we do nothing, it is not fate, but we who render his death senseless and empty. We did not bring on the President's death, but we truly dispose of it by what we make...
...draft, legislation to prevent a repetition of the incident. The Rules Committee has already demonstrated its reluctance to pass legislation controlling the business affairs of members of Congress. Only if the public makes evident a wish that such measures as the Case-Neuberger bill pass will Congress conceivably enact them...
...medical care for the aged, or on several other important administration programs; now it seems likely that civil rights, as well, will not be voted upon. In fact Congress will have a difficult time simply passing the appropriations bills or the other necessary housekeeping measures it must enact annually. The performance of the first session of the 88th Congress to date is one of the best arguments ever for immediate and effective Congressional reform...
...reasons for not wanting to alienate LAMCO. Partly in anticipation of rich revenues from the consortium, President Tubman and his ministers went on a spending and building spree that landed Liberia in bad financial straits last spring. Tubman, 68, had to promise the International Monetary Fund that Liberia would enact fiscal reforms in return for an IMF loan to tide the country over until its profits from LAMCO begin to build up in six or seven years...