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... reason very much . It is easier for a Senator to vote for a bill of that kind and have less explaining to do at home , than it is to vote against it . I was well satisfied that if the bill came to a vote it would pass . The Senator ...
... reason very much . It is easier for a Senator to vote for a bill of that kind and have less explaining to do at home , than it is to vote against it . I was well satisfied that if the bill came to a vote it would pass . The Senator ...
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... reason for that ? Is that just an arbitrary number ? Senator KNOWLAND . It is an arbitrary number which they had , and I wanted to make the changes so that it would not upset the existing rule XXII which is pretty well understood , any ...
... reason for that ? Is that just an arbitrary number ? Senator KNOWLAND . It is an arbitrary number which they had , and I wanted to make the changes so that it would not upset the existing rule XXII which is pretty well understood , any ...
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... reason that that was able to run that length of time is that for some reason or other the leadership would permit an adjournment at a reasonable time in the evening , and then they would meet again the next day . Senator WHERRY . In ...
... reason that that was able to run that length of time is that for some reason or other the leadership would permit an adjournment at a reasonable time in the evening , and then they would meet again the next day . Senator WHERRY . In ...
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... reason and there is good legislative precedent existing in many of the legislatures for having a different rule , amounting to a cloture , apply on closing days or where , in the event of a special ses- sion here , which would be just a ...
... reason and there is good legislative precedent existing in many of the legislatures for having a different rule , amounting to a cloture , apply on closing days or where , in the event of a special ses- sion here , which would be just a ...
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... reason we protect the treaty rights , because we feel that the Senate should be so harmonious that there would be no difficulty in getting a two - thirds vote . Take the expulsion of a Member , we take a two - thirds vote on that . Is ...
... reason we protect the treaty rights , because we feel that the Senate should be so harmonious that there would be no difficulty in getting a two - thirds vote . Take the expulsion of a Member , we take a two - thirds vote on that . Is ...
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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.