Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Insisted on retaining her veto of any control methods...
...achievement; but let's represent his victory as what it is--a triumph of his personality and energy over the poor opinion most of the nation had of his party during the years just past. Remember that the 80th Congress passed a number of measures over the President's veto by virtue of alliance between all groups in Congress--there were a lot of Democrats in those two-thirds majorities. Mr. Truman's record up to last summer was so colorless that Republican leaders deemed a campaign unnecessary, thought they would lose less votes by avoiding commitments than they would...
...broke with Franklin Roosevelt was the court-packing bill. Since then he has jumped the fence only to nibble at such lush political grass as last year's Republican tax cut. He voted for the Taft-Hartley bill, then changed front, voted to uphold Harry Truman's veto...
...authority's council will have 15 votes-three each for the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, and one each for the three Benelux nations. Decision will be reached by majority vote, with no veto...
...Rodis, were asked to join the All-North football team that plays an All-South squad in Montgomery, Alabama, on Christmas Day. Both men are Seniors. Other men named to the All-North squad included Dartmouth's Jonathan Jenkins and Joe Sullivan, Columbia's Jack Nork, and Holy Cross' Veto Kissell...