CONGRESS: The Senate Week Jan. 2, 1928

Work Done. The U. S. Senators: ¶ Debated the resolution by Senator Walsh of Montana to investigate public utility corporations, their profits & policies (TIME, Dec. 26); voted 40 to 36 to send it to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

¶Confirmed Presidential appointments.

¶ Passed a resolution of regret at the death of Senator Andrieus Aristieus Jones of New Mexico; adjourned immediately in his honor, until Jan. 4.

Balance of Power. Angina pectoris (heart disease), from which he had long suffered (last year he had an attack in the Capitol barbershop), carried off Senator Andrieus...

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