THE CONGRESS: Awakening

If a drowsy member of the 74th Congress had on Jan. 3 lain down to nap on a cloakroom sofa, and if by some miracle he had slept until last week, he would, on awaking, have had no reason to believe that he had taken more than three winks.

For the sum total of the legislation passed by Congress during those eleven weeks was substantially nothing. But last week the lethargic 74th Congress suddenly came to life, with the following results:

The House ditched (207-to-204) a bill by Kentucky's Vinson for the Treasury to...

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