Word: reapportionment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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¶ Passed (57 to 26) a bill to take the census and reapportion the House of Representatives.
...Reapportionment. Twice since 1920 had the House passed legislation to reapportion itself and twice had the Senate failed to act. The Senate's passage of this reapportionment measure was the first in 18 years. The Senate bill largely copied the House bill of the last session (TIME...
Work Done. The Senate of the U. S. last week: ¶ Debated legislation to take the 1930 census and to reapportion the House of Representatives; adopted (42 to 37) an amendment to put 100,000 temporary census employes under Civil Service. ¶ Barred press association newsgatherers from the Senate floor...
Other Legislation. Being new, the 71st Congress sought to undertake many another task than those for which it was called. Plans were laid for legislation to repeal the national origins provision of the immigration law, effective July 1, to reapportion the House of Representatives, to provide for the 1930 census...
¶ Reapportion the House according to population.