HEROES: For God, for Country, for Bonus

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From the day Congress meets until the day it adjourns some one in Washington is always counting noses. Last week the Associated Press published the first nose count for the 74th Congress. It began with the assumption that President Roosevelt could not prevent the preliminary passage by House and Senate of a certain measure, that his veto would be roughly overridden by the House. It ended with the discovery that 35 Senators—just two more than the requisite number—would vote to sustain the veto. According to the theory of responsible party...

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