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... appropriation bills in one consolidated general appropriation bill . March 24 , May 1 , and June 24 , 1947 ence AMENDING SENATE RULE RELATING TO CLOTURE HEARINGS BEFORE A.
... appropriation bills in one consolidated general appropriation bill . March 24 , May 1 , and June 24 , 1947 ence AMENDING SENATE RULE RELATING TO CLOTURE HEARINGS BEFORE A.
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... appropriation for the Social Security Act of 1935. To be sure , the majority may abuse the power of numbers , but we think that the good sense of the whole Congress may be depended upon to assure justice . The Senate of the United ...
... appropriation for the Social Security Act of 1935. To be sure , the majority may abuse the power of numbers , but we think that the good sense of the whole Congress may be depended upon to assure justice . The Senate of the United ...
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... appropriation bills had to pass between the first Monday in December and the 4th of March . Any dilatory action might result , as the Senator stated , in forcing into an appropriation bill some item that was not approved by a majority ...
... appropriation bills had to pass between the first Monday in December and the 4th of March . Any dilatory action might result , as the Senator stated , in forcing into an appropriation bill some item that was not approved by a majority ...
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... appropriation bill was held up until a particular Senator got his particular appropriation into the bill , and he threatened to talk until the March 4 deadline or the adjournment date came around ; and , as a result , the Senate had to ...
... appropriation bill was held up until a particular Senator got his particular appropriation into the bill , and he threatened to talk until the March 4 deadline or the adjournment date came around ; and , as a result , the Senate had to ...
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... appropriation bill , and other Senators were trying to delay this appro- priation bill being taken up , by some kind ... appropriations bill - we have had some pretty hot discussions on that - say you would limit the time to 1 hour to ...
... appropriation bill , and other Senators were trying to delay this appro- priation bill being taken up , by some kind ... appropriations bill - we have had some pretty hot discussions on that - say you would limit the time to 1 hour to ...
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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.