Word: floored
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reports in Washington for the Short Session as a lame duck. When this does happen, it is usually because the Representative has aspired to higher office. Such is the case of the outstanding "lame duck" who will take his seat next week, Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, Democratic floor-leader. Representative Garrett tried, unsuccessfully, to slip into the seat of Tennessee's Senator McKellar. Representative Tom Connolly, who will slip into the seat of Senator Mayfield after this session, might be called a three-legged duck...
...known as the Republican Steering Committee. In actual practice the legislative program is framed and executed by a small group of insiders who constitute "the works" of the House. Some are prominent, some merely proficient. All are influential, in that they control important blocs of votes on the House floor. This inner group is an indefinite organization, based largely on personal relationships. It operates more by common consent than by formal sanction. It frames the House's policies, decides which measures it wants to pass-and can pass-and in what order they will be taken...
Tilson of Connecticut, Republican Floor Leader...
Gadflies. Besides its busy, responsible bees, the House has several gadflies-members who are constantly stirring up trouble, trying to force unpleasant issues. They have little or no influence in the House management and shine only on the floor where their quips get into the newspapers. Foremost of these is LaGuardia of New York, an irregular Republican, the smartest, most industrious gadfly. He knows parliamentary practice and can tie the House in knots with his motions and points of order. He rarely wins a fight but he always puts on a good show and his clever arguments attract considerable backing...
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach, the other potent New Jerseyite, is a Newark lawyer, tax specialist. Short of stature, sagged of cheek, he was Mr. Tilson's rival for the floor leadership...