Word: sessional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the first session of the 68th Congress was history. In the Senate 3,631 bills and resolutions were introduced; in the House 10,436 bills and resolutions were introduced. About 300 bills were passed by both the House and the Senate...
...they realized the truth of it keenly; although all of them left the Capitol feeling sure that they would return in December?none of their terms expire until next March? they went knowing that many of them would come back, following the November elections, only for a farewell session...
...House the final minutes wore away without controversy. A few minutes before the closing hour, seven p. m., the clock was stopped and the members gathered together and sang Merrilly We Roll Along, The Old Oaken Bucket, Sweet Adeline, My Country 'Tis of Thee. Speaker Gillett announced that the session was at an end, and wished the members "pleasant vacation." "And reelection!" shouted the members as the gavel fell...
...evening's session began with Public Hall jammed to capacity. Wild applause and cheering greeted every speaker and the roll, call of states, on the last ballot especially, was accomplished only with difficulty. Judge William S. Kenyon of Iowa, reputed this afternoon to have the backing of President Coolidge, was well supported on the first ballot, which was divided between a great number of candidates...
...certainly none for the vote against the President's veto, so he voted accordingly. We are asking our friends to reread Mr. Fess's speech and then consider how a man who could make such a speech could act in such an inconsistent manner. . . . The present session of the 68th Congress is reminiscent of the story of the critic who went by request to hear a certain politician make a speech. "Well," said the politician, after he got through, "well, how was it?" "Sound, very sound," said the critic. "Yes," said the politician, and then, hungry for more...