Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some $72,000,000 for Civil War veterans, some $50,000,000 for World War veterans, about $18,000,000 for Civil Service retirements. These bills, he intimated, would have to be trimmed so that Uncle Sam could make ends meet, or the President might have to use his veto power...
...Blame. Sir Austen Chamberlain declared privately before a committee representing all parties in the House that Britain will oppose the granting of a new permanent League Council seat to any nation other than Germany at the September League session. He added that, unless Brazil agrees not to repeat her veto tactics against Germany, Brazil will not be re-elected to her present nonpermanent seat. Sir Austen declared positively that Brazil's recent act blocking Germany's entrance to the League was due solely to orders from Rio de Janeiro, which he personally believed were given on account of local political...
...loose organization is a much better field of operation for the farm bloc than is the House. Whatever legislation the junior Senator from Kansas espouses is likely not only to have the firm support of the farmer, but to have a good chance of enactment provided the Presidential veto does not intervene. At any rate as leader of the Senate farm bloc, Mr. Capper has as much power to disturb the even temper of that body's procedure as Mr. Curtis, his colleague, the majority leader, has to carry out the Administration's policies...
...back once or several times until a satisfactory compromise is reached. Then both Houses will pass it perfunctorily, it will be engrossed and sent to the President. He will consult with his Cabinet, especially Secretary Mellon. He may then sign it with or without remarks, or he may veto it, in which case it goes back to Congress- but speculation too far into the future is fruitless...
...opinion it improves the credit of foreign nations and enables them to secure private loans in this country on better terms if they first undertake to fund their obligations to the U. S. Government [This is the first official intimation that the Government is using its unofficial veto power against private loans to countries which have not settled their War debts to the U. S.]; 2) That the signing of the security pact at Locarno brings closer the time when it will be appropriate for President Coolidge to summon another disarmament conference...