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... Vice President Garner said one time , " When a Senator gets the floor only God can take him off . " And a great many people , a great many Senators , feel that that is an attribute that should not be dis- carded . But I feel that there ...
... Vice President Garner said one time , " When a Senator gets the floor only God can take him off . " And a great many people , a great many Senators , feel that that is an attribute that should not be dis- carded . But I feel that there ...
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... Vice President , ruled that the previous question was not in order on amendment . When a new code of rules was agreed to on March 26 , 1806 , the previous question was not mentioned . Therefore , for 111 years the Senate proceeded ...
... Vice President , ruled that the previous question was not in order on amendment . When a new code of rules was agreed to on March 26 , 1806 , the previous question was not mentioned . Therefore , for 111 years the Senate proceeded ...
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... Vice President a quorum shall consist of two - thirds of the whole number of Senators . We have similar provisions providing by a vote by the majority of the whole number , or two - thirds of the whole number . Senator BYRD . Isn't it ...
... Vice President a quorum shall consist of two - thirds of the whole number of Senators . We have similar provisions providing by a vote by the majority of the whole number , or two - thirds of the whole number . Senator BYRD . Isn't it ...
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... President shall devolve upon the House of Representatives , a quorum shall consist of a Member or Members from two - thirds of the various States of the Union ( amendment 12 ) . A quorum of the Senate , when choosing a Vice President ...
... President shall devolve upon the House of Representatives , a quorum shall consist of a Member or Members from two - thirds of the various States of the Union ( amendment 12 ) . A quorum of the Senate , when choosing a Vice President ...
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... President and he signs the bill . That would work vice versa equally as well . No doubt you have read Mills on Majority Rule , and the majority is not always right . Senator IVES . That is right . Senator OVERTON . And there come times ...
... President and he signs the bill . That would work vice versa equally as well . No doubt you have read Mills on Majority Rule , and the majority is not always right . Senator IVES . That is right . Senator OVERTON . And there come times ...
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Page 118 - Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
Page 118 - But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Those who are creditors, and those who are debtors, fall under a like discrimination. A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated...
Page 4 - Congress, to employ such clerical and other assistants, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable.
Page 53 - An act to provide for the performance of the duties of the office of President in case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the President and Vice President...
Page 118 - I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
Page 4 - For the purposes of this resolution the committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such...
Page 5 - If at any time a motion, signed by sixteen senators, to bring to a close the debate upon any pending measure is presented to the senate, the presiding officer shall at once state the motion to the senate, and one hour after the senate meets on the following calendar day but one, he shall lay the motion before the senate and direct that the secretary call the roll, and, upon the ascertainment that a quorum is present, the presiding officer shall, without debate, submit to the senate by an aye-and-nay...
Page 6 - Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Attorney General, Postmaster General, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor.
Page 75 - Senate, and one hour after the Senate meets, on the following calendar day but one, he shall lay the motion before the Senate and direct that the Secretary call the roll, and, upon the ascertainment that a quorum is present, the presiding officer shall, without debate, submit to the Senate by an aye-and-nay vote the question : "Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate shall be brought to a close?
Page 22 - That it is the sense of the Congress that the public debt shall be increased in an amount equal to the amount by which the estimated expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year exceed the estimated receipts, such amount being $ ." HEARINGS AND REPORTS BT APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES SEC.