Word: republicanisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bruce, have stood out against making a fight on this issue. The Administration has stood solidly behind the settlement, contending not only that it is the best that can be got, but the only way of insuring any money at all from Italy. A combination of Democrats and Republican Progressives might defeat the settlement, but the Administration still believes it can succeed in getting it passed...
...Republican caucus declared that this system encourages promiscuous investigation and is too costly. Senator Warren, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, produced a list of the sums appropriated by the Senate for its investigations in the last 17 years...
...Democrats and Progressive Republicans view this action by the Republican caucus with distaste and distrust. They regard it as a political move to shut off investigations in order to protect the Administration. They fear that, if investigations are referred to committees for appraisal as to their worth, the committees will pigeonhole them...
...truth of the matter is that, with next fall's election in the offing, a flood of investigations seems to be in prospect, but how much the Republican action can hold back the flood is dubious. Even if a committee reports adversely on a proposed investigation, the Senate is likely to order the investigation if it continues in its present temper...
...Florida, Republican leaders have espoused the cause of dividing the state into North Florida and South Florida. The reasons given for this dichotomy are that Tallahassee, the capital, is too difficult to reach from the southern part of the state; that the northern part of the state should not be taxed for the extensive improvements needed in the southern part; that the two parts are different climatically and industrially. The proposed dividing line would cross the state east and west from a point on the Atlantic about 40 miles south of St. Augustine, to the lower part of the Suwanee...