Word: provisionally
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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By law, the Congress is supposed to adjourn by July 31. This year the date went by almost unnoticed-at least by Lyndon Johnson, who knows where golden eggs come from. Still the weary lawmakers are at work, cranking out major bills at a rate rarely matched in U.S. history...
As Freeman explained it, he was merely defending the Great Society against "aggressive, go-for-broke special interests." Specifically, he was battling for a new, cash-enriched farm bill whose most controversial provision was a 50?-per-bushel increase (to $1.25) in the special subsidy paid to farmers for high...
Responding to organized labor's demands during last year's presidential campaign, President Johnson pledged to back repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. That provision, long bitterly opposed by labor leaders, permits states to outlaw union shops - in which a worker must join a...
LABOR. Repeals the Taft-Hartley Act provision that allows states to ban union shops. Thus, the so-called right-to-work laws now on the books in 19 states would be invalid.
> 50 to 6 against efforts to drop the controversial rent-subsidy provision from the Administration's $5.3 billion housing bill. House vote: 208 to 202.