 In order that the will of the American people may be expressed upon all legislative proposals, we urge that action be taken at the beginning of the Eighty-third Congress to improve congressional procedures so that majority rule prevails and decisions...  Proposed Amendments to Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate ... - Seite 149von United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Subcommittee on Standing Rules of the Senate - 1965 - 223 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1954 - 426 Seiten
...Democratic platform : "We urge that action be taken * * * to improve congressional procedures so that majority rule prevails and decisions can be made after reasonable debate without being blocked by a minority in either House." Commented the New York Times, July 25, the change in cloture rule "was softened... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1955 - 418 Seiten
...that action be taken at the beginning of the 83d Congress to improve congressional procedures so that majority rule prevails and decisions can be made after reasonable debate without being blocked by a minority in either House. "Our country is founded oil the proposition that all men are created equal.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1957 - 402 Seiten
...that action be taken at the beginning of the 85th Congress to improve congressional procedures so that majority rule prevails and decisions can be made after reasonable debate without being blocked by a minority in either House. As a special Senate subcommittee constituted to probe just this very problem,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1961 - 726 Seiten
...I agree with the Democratic platform that congressional procedures should be improved "so that the majority rule prevails and decisions can be made after reasonable debate without being blocked by a minority in either House." When the 86th Congress opened, I favored such action to curb the filibuster... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1965 - 890 Seiten
...during the debate on the civil rights bill of 1957, Senator Strom Thurmond made a 24-hour- 18-minute speech, the longest in Senate history. 1960 — The...of the 87th Congress on January 3, Senate liberals sougnt to redeem the pledges of both party platforms to revise congressional procedures so that (in... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress - 1945 - 716 Seiten
...committee that the Democratic platform of 1960 urged improvement in congressional procedures "so that majority rule prevails and decisions can be made after reasonable debate without being blocked by a minority in either House." The Republican platform that year spoke of the need "to change present rule... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1968 - 1300 Seiten
...effort to break the filibuster, around-the-clock sessions were held from February 29 through March 9. The Senate was in continuous session for 9 days, or...after reasonable debate without being blocked by a minority in either house." After a week's debate, much of it on the "advisory opinion" of Vice President... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1979 - 516 Seiten
...effort to break the filibuster, around-the-clock sessions were held from February 29 through March 9. The Senate was in continuous session for 9 days, or a total of 157 hours and 26 minutes, with two breaks1961 — At the opening of the 87th Congress on January 3, Senate liberals sought to redeem the... | |
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