Word: toed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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To amuse himself and guests often Speaker Longworth plays the violin, plays it well. But he would not fiddle at a fire. House Joint Resolution No. 133 gave the Speaker a splendid chance to contrast with the Senate's sloth his own House's prized efficiency. H. J...
When Speaker Longworth resumed his chair, there was no roll call on H. J. Res. 133, only a rising vote. With his gavel handle the Speaker went through the motions of counting while a sharp-eyed clerk took the actual tally, whispered the result up to him for announcements: 282...
But there was more work to do and Speaker Longworth allowed the House no dalliance. Promptly taken up and considered was the first of the appropriation bills, $283,189,000 for the Interior Department.
Shamed by the House's despatch on tax reduction, the Senate began an attempt at imitation. Finance Committee approved H. J. Res. 133 quickly, unanimously. Out upon the Senate floor, however, it stirred old dissensions. Republican Leader Watson wanted to set aside the tariff bill for the tax bill...
"Though the Edge has been taken off the Senate, we can look forward with joy to the Morrow."