CONGRESS: The Senate Week Dec. 26, 1927

Work Done. The U. S. Senators:

¶ Elected officers; named standing committees; filed bills & resolutions.

¶ Passed the Walsh Bills increasing legal immunity; sent them to the House.

¶ Continued investigating (in committee) charges that Mexico had plotted to bribe four U. S. Senators.

¶ Postponed investigating (in committee) charges that two U. S. Senators-elect obtained their seats improperly.

¶ Read, debated, amended & passed the House Deficiency Bill; returned it to joint conference; adopted the conference report; sent the bill to the President. ¶ Concurred with the House to adjourn Dec. 21...

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