CONGRESS: The Senate Week Jun. 4, 1928

Work Done. Last week, the U. S. Senators:

¶ Amended and passed the Revenue Act of 1928 (tax reduction); sent it to conference; adopted the conference report. The bill went to the President (See col. 3).

¶ Passed the House bill authorizing $15,000,000 for hospitals to treat mentally afflicted World War veterans; sent it to the President.

¶ Sat through a 23-hour filibuster led by Tennessee's McKellar on the conference report on the Muscle Shoals bill; adopted the report. The bill went to the President.

¶ Amended and passed the House...

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