Searchlight on Congress, Volumes 10-11Lynn Haines Searchlight Publishing Company, 1924 |
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... measures placed in its hands . 3. A hopeless congestion of business would result , the Old Guard will answer . Of course ... measure . 5. Congress must be divorced also from the corrupting influence of patronage . No national legislator ...
... measures placed in its hands . 3. A hopeless congestion of business would result , the Old Guard will answer . Of course ... measure . 5. Congress must be divorced also from the corrupting influence of patronage . No national legislator ...
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... measures placed in its hands . If a bill be particularly important and the committee desires further time for its ... measure . Were his motion defeated , that would end it . Should the House vote for consideration , then the bill in ...
... measures placed in its hands . If a bill be particularly important and the committee desires further time for its ... measure . Were his motion defeated , that would end it . Should the House vote for consideration , then the bill in ...
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... measure ( before the last session of Congress ) , which would you favor ? and why ? 55. Do you believe in the principle of cooperation among producers ? among consumers ? between them both ? If so , to what extent and specifically in ...
... measure ( before the last session of Congress ) , which would you favor ? and why ? 55. Do you believe in the principle of cooperation among producers ? among consumers ? between them both ? If so , to what extent and specifically in ...
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... measures that were defeated or are still pending are also listed . Certain important special measures in the House and special measures in the Senate are covered . App . Approved . All dates of approval are in 1924 . Single copies of ...
... measures that were defeated or are still pending are also listed . Certain important special measures in the House and special measures in the Senate are covered . App . Approved . All dates of approval are in 1924 . Single copies of ...
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... Measures in the House ELECTION OF SPEAKER In the House the opening days of this Congress were taken up with a contest over ... measure referred to it . This amendment was finally adopted with the provision that with one hundred and fifty ...
... Measures in the House ELECTION OF SPEAKER In the House the opening days of this Congress were taken up with a contest over ... measure referred to it . This amendment was finally adopted with the provision that with one hundred and fifty ...
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Page 12 - That unfair methods of competition in commerce are hereby declared unlawful. The commission is hereby empowered and directed to prevent persons, partnerships, or corporations, except banks, and common carriers subject to the acts to regulate commerce, from using unfair methods of competition in commerce.
Page 10 - Whenever a final decree has been entered against any defendant corporation in any suit brought by the United States to prevent and restrain any violation of the antitrust Acts, to make...
Page 2 - That the United States shall be permitted to participate, through representatives designated for the purpose and upon an equality with the other states...
Page 14 - expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure; (f) The term "person...
Page 14 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any...
Page 15 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 15 - ... and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per one hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $10.000. shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman.
Page 10 - That the commission shall also have power — (a) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any corporation engaged in commerce, excepting banks and common carriers subject to the Act to regulate commerce, and its relation to other corporations and to individuals, associations, and partnerships.
Page 14 - Any officer or employee of the commission who shall make public any information obtained by the commission without its authority, unless directed by a court, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Page 15 - DRAMA, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act...