Word: voted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senate, Republicans had picked up the potent support of tight-fisted Democrat Harry Byrd, who figured that 61 Senators were sure to approve; by next year they would be voting for tax cuts anyway. The Senate agreed to vote in time to have the measure on Harry Truman's desk at least ten days before adjournment, thus prevent a pocket veto (i.e., killing the bill by inaction after Congress is out of session...
...addition to the center, the ballots given to students listed proposals for scholarships (receiving a 17.4 percent vote), hockey rink and auditorium (16.9 percent), music center (3.3 percent), new infirmary (2 percent), music center (3.3 percent), new infirmary (2 percent), monument statue, plaque, etc. (1.8 percent), as well as space for write-in suggestions, which provided the remainder of the votes...
...vacation, international diplomats warmed up for a new Paris Conference Saturday, with two reports from the French capital indicating wide support of the Marshall aid-Europe plan. One report said that Czechoslovakia had accepted a British-French invitation to attend despite Russia's adverse stand; the other concerned a vote of confidence given to Premier Paul Ramadier's coalition cabinet by the French Socialist Party, which at the same time approved the principle of the Marshall plan...
...opponents, meanwhile, prepared to meet another GOP onslaught as the Republican leaders readied their new four-billion dollar tax-cut bill for a vote in the House today. Yesterday, the House unanimously approved a bill permitting holders of GI terminal leave pay bonds to cash them after next September 1. Congress also heard a message from President Truman, asking it to solve the "tragic problem" of Europe's displaced persons...
...swung into action. With the whole wool price-support program in danger, there was no time for dillydallying. The Senate whipped out a bill conforming to Harry Truman's specifications, in less than four hours cleared it from committee, then debated and passed it with a ringing voice vote...