Word: overriden
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...House had overriden. But the game was not over. The original vote in the House had been 355 to 54. Following the veto 26 Republicans, including majority leader Nicholas Longworth and Martin B. Madden of Illinois had changed sides to vote against the bonus. Two Democrats had done likewise. The Senate. Then the matter was up to the Senate. If the Senate clung to its original division the bonus would be law. If the President's veto had won nine Senators away from the bill, the bonus would be defeated. The country waited with polite attention...