Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Prime Minister replied that he hoped that Marshal Stalin would let him finish his illustration in regard to Hong Kong . . . Under paragraph 3 [of the veto formula] Great Britain in fact would have the right of their veto to stop all action . . . Great Britain would not be required to return Hong Kong unless they felt this should be done...
...Senate, Faure pushed ahead with a headache inherited from Mendès: the vital Paris accords. The Senate has no veto power, but by an unfavorable vote, or even by tacking on an amendment, it can send the accords back to the Assembly for another debate and another vote, a laborious business that might prove lethal. Faure was determined to get the accords approved "without amendment and without delay...
...made a more effective laboratory? Officially, the U.S. has made few suggestions. Secretary of State Dulles has suggested that the veto power be eliminated on questions of 1) admitting new U.N. members and 2) peaceful settlements of disputes. The U.S. is probably not prepared to yield its own veto far beyond that...
...billion) from excises and the 52% corporation-tax rate. Explained New York Timesman Arthur Krock: "Instead of bringing up the $20-per-head handout bill separately on its own merits, the Rayburn plan is to attach it to the revenue maintenance measure so that by a presidential veto the $2.8 billion would be lost to the Treasury. In other words the Democratic fee for preserving $2.8 billion has been fixed at $2.1 billion...
...moment the Jenner bill fell into the hopper, the Craig forces' strategy was clear: delay. Enough delay might produce, one of two desirable results: 1) suffocate the bill, or 2) hold it in the legislature so long that Craig could veto it after the legislators had reached their 61-day constitutional deadline, and had gone home...