Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pale beside that of Carter Glass, but, rather than see the prevailing wage amendment adopted, Senator Glass manfully fought the President's battle. He read the Senate a letter from the President, solemnly assured his colleagues that he had "substantive reason to believe" that the President would veto the bill if the prevailing wage amendment were adopted...
...Senate. Despite opposition only a major accident was likely to upset the Administration's plans because 1) its bill is in effect a compromise which all the warring factions would prefer to the proposals of their opponents; 2) in conference the well-gagged House can probably veto any changes...
...industry could not be reorganized overnight without ill effects on general business. The future Public Utility Act of 1935 contemplates a gradual liquidation. All holding companies, unless specifically exempted, must register before next October with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which will thereafter hold an almost absolute veto power over holding company finances, including the issuance of new securities and the purchase and sale of assets...
...adjourns some one in Washington is always counting noses. Last week the Associated Press published the first nose count for the 74th Congress. It began with the assumption that President Roosevelt could not prevent the preliminary passage by House and Senate of a certain measure, that his veto would be roughly overridden by the House. It ended with the discovery that 35 Senators-just two more than the requisite number-would vote to sustain the veto. According to the theory of responsible party government, the idea that the leader of 322 out of 434 votes in the House...
Compromise. Last week's A. P. poll, showing that at least 35 Senators would uphold a veto of a law for full payment of the bonus certificates, will mean little by the time a bonus bill comes to passage. For the Senators committed themselves against "outright and immediate payment." In short, they are opposed to yielding to the Legion's full demand. In most Congressmen's minds the issue had last week boiled down to a question of how much cash to give. Messrs. Taylor & Belgrano have not yet set their seal to any definite bill...