Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sustained (166-10-187) the President's veto of its tariff bill...
...latter, though retarded, was by no means beaten yet. Governor Roosevelt's opposition remained split on everything save opposing him. The Garner-Smith Favorite Sons forces might hold a one-third veto power over the convention but there was no sign yet of their combining on a candidate who could muster the nominative two-thirds majority of 770. The idea of Al Smith sitting down to dicker with his old foes, Messrs. McAdoo and Hearst, produced only grins among those who recalled the Battle of Madison Square Garden...
...Agreed (202-to-171) to the Senate's amendments to the Democratic tariff bill which takes flexing from the President, suggests an international tariff conference; sent it to the White House for a veto...
...there is a footnote referring to Congressman Patman's measure on the Bonus, the last sentence of which reads: "Last week Congressman Patman declared that, with the election coming on, President Hoover would not 'dare' veto his bill...
...Senate: ¶ Passed (42-10-30) the House bill transferring tariff flexibility from the President to Congress, suggesting a world economic conference and creating a "consumer's counsel" before the Tariff Commission; sent it to conference. President Hoover was expected to veto. ¶ Ratified, with six minor reservations, a League of Nations treaty to regulate the manufacture and distribution of narcotic drugs...