Word: votes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Significance. Most observers in Washington credited Senator Robinson's boast that he had enough votes to pass his Court bill if it could be brought to a vote, but his margin was slim, depending heavily on freshmen Senators elected last autumn. Although he claimed upwards of 50 out of 96 Senators as supporters, the Democrats who led the 16 minority Republicans in opposition included some of the ablest, most experienced members of the Democratic ranks. They included many who had been expected to find reason for swinging back to the Administration's side on the compromise bill, such...
...sergeants-at-arms checked their assault. In the Senate it was the duty of former Premier Blum, since he is now Vice-Premier, to read the declaration of policy of the Chautemps Cabinet, but this temperamental M. Blum refused to do. He had resigned after an adverse Senate vote fortnight ago as Premier (though not obliged to do so) and sulked last week in wounded pride...
...Senate seemed more than ready to vote to moderates like Chautemps & Bonnet full powers to deal-with the French crisis which they had been unwilling to give to radicals like Blum & Auriol, but it was an exciting question last week whether the Chamber, which had twice supported Blum & Auriol on this issue, would now support Chautemps & Bonnet...
...successfully staving off this British gesture toward Franco. In this appeal Chautemps & Bonnet-who was on the telephone to London almost hourly seeking support for the franc- succeeded for the duration of the week, and French Communist Leader Jean Duclos announced in the Chamber that his followers would vote for the new Popular Front Government. It won its decree measure 167 to 82 in the Senate and 380 to 228 in the Chamber-but in circumstances of excruciating monetary emergency...
...vote was not nearly so unanimous as tall, teacherish President Eamon de Valera had hoped and expected, but at latest reports ratification of the new Constitution seemed certain by 560,000 votes to 436,000. The de Valera party made a weaker showing, with virtually complete returns early this week promising its opponents roughly half of the Dail's 138 seats...