Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vote of 297 to 120, the House this week passed the Knutson $6.5 billion tax-cut bill. Bolstered by 63 Democratic rebels, Republicans piled up a margin large enough to override an expected presidential veto with 19 votes to spare. Democrats didn't have a chance. Just before the final vote, the House had rejected their substitute bill, which would have made up for revenue losses with a new excess-profits...
...days later, in the Glasgow slum of Camlachie, men in grimy cloth caps and women in shawls trudged out to vote. Result: Conservative Charles McFarlane, a black-browed hardware manufacturer, squeaked to a 395-vote victory over Labor's John M. Inglis, an engine driver. Winston Churchill wired "heartiest congratulations." It was the first time since 1945 (and in 23 tries) that a Tory had won a Labor-held seat in a by-election. But the "glorious victory" the Tories exulted in was not clear-cut; three independents had sapped about 2,500 votes from Labor's strength...
...Bitter Pill. Less than ten hours later, the weary legislators returned to vote on the gold proposal. Premier Schuman staked his government's survival on the measure, gave the Socialists a clear choice. With the Communists and the Gaullists eagerly waiting for the coalition government to prove its incompetence to rule, the Socialists decided to stick with Schuman. Schuman's margin: a comfortable 98 votes...
...Kuomintang cracked down: since she was still a party member, she could not run without party approval. Miss Li resigned, but the leaders refused to accept the resignation. "Illegal and undemocratic," squealed Miss Li. But when ward bosses rallied round and offered to start a write-in vote for her, she refused. "Thanks, thanks," she said, "but in the end you must vote for the party's choice...
...opportunity to capitalize on it. Political maneuvering in Congress is to be expected during an election year, but it is highly dangerous to mix politics with the complex problems of national finance. Any tax cut in the near future must be one not made with a view to its vote-getting consequences, and preferably one that would actively encourage savings. A bill that can be a boost to inflation smacks of a frightening irresponsibility in high places...