THE CONGRESS: Clock

Working days left: I. Essential bills to enact if a special session was to be avoided: I. Essential bills enacted last week: I.

House Work Done. The House of Representatives last week:

¶ Passed (328-to-79) the Bonus Loan Bill over the President's veto; sent it to the Senate (see col. 3). ¶ Adopted (289-to-93) a Senate resolution amending the Constitution to abolish "Lame Duck" sessions; sent it to conference where it died in disagreement. ¶ Passed a Senate bill to maintain the highest local wage scale on Federal construction jobs; sent...

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