National Affairs: Insurgents Resurgent

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Last week the busiest men in Congress were that heterogeneous crew of Republican Senators and Representatives called Insurgents. They passed no big bills. They made no important speeches. They upset no prime appointments. Yet with their busy-buzzing activities they managed to keep President Hoover on pins-&-needles. Though he had checkmated their attempt fortnight ago to recall three Federal Power Commission nominatons, they found new and diverse ways of obstructing his orthodox Republican leadership.

Senate Doings. By combining their strength with the Democrats, the Senate Insurgents were able to : 1)...

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