Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wherry resolution drastically changed the rules on filibusters. Formerly they could be shut off during debate on a measure by a simple two-thirds majority (as few as 33 members) of a quorum. Under the Wherry rule, cloture could be applied at any stage of a debate, but only by a two-thirds majority (64) of the whole Senate. Cloture could not be invoked at all on a change in rules, which left the way open for an unstoppable filibuster if anyone tried again to change them. The new rule would be a weak weapon against any but a very...
During the last hours of the debate on the new filibuster rule, the nasal voice of Oregon's maverick Republican Wayne Morse sounded through the chamber: "I think a new de facto political party in America was founded on the floor of the Senate tonight . . . We shall see whether the future voting record in the Senate does not also indicate that in a large measure this coalition predicts what will happen to great pieces of social legislation in the 81st Congress...
...pact recognizes the common heritage and civilization of [the Western] peoples, founded on principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law . . . It is based on an understanding and a determination to preserve our way of life . . . No nation innocent of aggressive intentions need have the slightest fear or apprehension...
This month, the Amir of Bahawalpur rounded out 25 years of rule with a lavish silver jubilee celebration in New Bagdad (pop. about 50,000). At dawn a 19-gun salute (since independence he has added two more to the 17 guns allotted by the British) thundered over the city, and the show was on. Through the streets of New Bagdad snaked a morning-long parade of elephants, camels, jeeps and ambulances. The Amir rode in a Rolls-Royce...
Burke's speech exhibited the advantages which independence found for America. Extensive immigration, he said, would have been impossible under British rule, and America's technical know-how would have been retarded. This industrial efficiency, he said, "is a benefit to mankind...