National Affairs: Summary

Last week the first session of the 68th Congress was history. In the Senate 3,631 bills and resolutions were introduced; in the House 10,436 bills and resolutions were introduced. About 300 bills were passed by both the House and the Senate.

The Output included:

All the regular annual appropriation acts for the various branches of the Government.

A tax reduction act.

An act for reorganizing the diplomatic and consular services.

An act tightening restrictions on immigration.

A proposal, offered to the states for ratification, for an Amendment to the Constitution to give Congress power to regulate...

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