Word: sessional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the fond fathers of many bills who had hoped or professed to hope until now that this session of Congress would adopt their offspring began to admit to this or that Washington correspondent that nothing was to be expected...
...joint committee to receive bids and determine the best method of disposing of the Government's power-fertilizer producing political white elephant. The committee reported (TIME, May 10, MUSCLE SHOALS), but not unanimously, and Congress just couldn't find time to settle the difficult problem at this session...
Postal Rates. When the last Congress increased and modified postal rates (to get funds for increasing the salaries for postal employes) it was announced that the rates were temporary and would be altered again at this session of Congress. Instead the problem was postponed another year, since the committeemen who had to face it declared they needed more time...
...Confirmed President Coolidge's 16 appointees to the board of tax appeals, after discussing them at length in secret session...
...Commission that more extensive powers be granted the Council under the League Covenant for bringing swift aid to an attacked state. 3) Inspection of the report of the Council Committee on the vexed question of whether other nations than Germany should be admitted to the Council at the September session. 4) Debate upon a proposal to curtail the supervision now exercised by the League over Hungarian state finance. 5) Consideration of a motion by Sir Austen Chamberlain requesting modifications in the established procedure of the Council in dealing with petitions from racial minorities...