Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Deflated Issue. When it came, Oregon Democrat Richard Neuberger was the first to break the news to the Senate. Grabbing a hold-for-release text of the veto message from the A.P. wire, he strode onto the floor and read it off (thereby breaking the 2 p.m. release time). Political radarscopes began blipping wildly. "I'm dancing a jig," cried Republican Senator Alexander Wiley, who bases his hopes for re-election in gas-consuming Wisconsin on his opposition to the bill. Then Wiley left the chamber literally to perform his jig for photographers...
Damaged Credit. In gas-producing Texas (where some forewarned gasmen were ready with mimeographed statements criticizing the veto even before it was issued), Republican leaders despaired of delivering the state for a G.O.P. presidential candidate in the November elections. Attorney General John Ben Shepperd proclaimed that he would attempt to nullify the veto by preparing an interposition resolution of the sort being used against school desegregation...
...veto was a body-shaking blow to Texas' Lyndon Johnson, Senate majority leader, and Sam Rayburn, House majority leader, who had used up much of their credit with congressional Democrats by pushing the gas bill through-and could never dream of mustering the votes to override. Because the bill had been managed by Democrats, Ike's veto was sure to dull the Democratic attack on the G.O.P. as the party of "big business.'' Acutely aware of this, Democrats responded by accusing the President of sharp politics: the gas bill veto came not from lofty motives, they...
...Republican Senator George Aiken, strongly urging the committee to turn down rigid supports. "I should be gravely concerned." said the President, "if the soil bank should be coupled with the restitution of production incentives." Later, White House Press Secretary James Hagerty threw out pointed hints of a presidential veto of a farm bill containing a 90%-parity clause. These moves failed too. After a 14-hour, table-thumping session, the Agriculture Committee backed rigid supports, contradiction and all. The vote was still eight to seven; not a mind had been changed...
...East and West joined together in recognizing Israel's right to independence. Moreover, it is unlikely that there will be a repetition of the chance provided by the walkout of the Russian delegation ... which enabled U.N. troops to be authorized by the Security Council to defend Korea. A Soviet veto in the Security Council is to be expected in the light of present East-West relations. It is also clear that your suggestion that the Philippines send troops as a neutral nation would be vetoed by Russia and Egypt. It is obvious that Russia hardly considers the Philippines a neutral...