Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Late in entering the fight, Commander O'Neil made up for lost time by bringing the full political pressure of his huge organization to bear upon Congress. He virtually ordered the measure repassed over the President's veto and then complained that "a bill more liberal could have been enacted without disturbing national finances...
...veto a measure all a President has to do is to withhold his signature and return it to the House in which it originated. The Constitution requires him to state his "objections" which compose his veto message...
...White House, President Hoover was bombarded with advice. The fertilizer industry, which saw where the Muscle Shoals plant could take away six-sevenths of its business, pleaded for a veto. So did private companies, which knew the Government could produce two-thirds of all the electricity consumed in the Tennessee-Alabama-Mississippi territory. Recalled was the President's letter to a Tennessee Congressman during the last campaign: "The House plan will secure developments of this great resource more effectively . . . than the Senate plan. . . . Nor would I approve the [Senate] plan because it is not in the interest of Tennessee...
Pestered by all this clamor, President Hoover issued a statement which many thought foreshadowed a veto. Said...
...reduce the residence period from one year to 90 days. Close behind Arkansas came Idaho. Its legislature passed a 90-day divorce law. Governor Ross disapproved it as "not in harmony with the settled policy of our State," but an attempt was immediately started to override his veto. Also in the race were Montana, Arizona and New Mexico...