Proposed Constitutional Amendments Relating to the Fixing of the Time for the Commencement of the Terms of President, Vice-Pres. and Members of Congress, and Fixing the Time of the Assembling of Congress and to the Presidential Succession and to the Electoral College System. Hearings on H.J. Res. 65, 9, 216, 292. Feb. 4-21, 19301930 - 67 páginas |
Términos y frases comunes
13 months 4-year term 4th of March act as President American Bar Association argument ballot Budget Cabinet officer candidate CHAIRMAN Charles L Chief Executive Clerk congressional considered constitutional amendment count the votes course declare the result defeated dent discussion elect and Vice election of President electoral system electoral vote enactment equal number favor filibuster fixed functus officio gentlemen GLOVER House of Representatives January JEFFERS John Quincy Adams Judiciary Committee lame duck LEAVITT legislation legislatures LOZIER LUCE Major LAGUARDIA matter McKinley tariff meet Members of Congress ment Miss HAUSER mittee old Congress organize party present President and Vice presidential proposal proposition question referred REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS Republican resolution ROMJUE session of Congress seventeenth amendment short session situation SLOAN special session STOBBS Suppose tariff bill thing tion United States Senate Vice President elect Voters
Pasajes populares
Página 7 - Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Página 15 - There is hereby created a joint congressional committee which shall be composed of five Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and five Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Página 7 - ... for the same term shall act as President until the House of Representatives chooses a President; and the Congress may by law provide for the case where the Vice President has not been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the House of Representatives chooses a President, or until the Senate chooses a Vice President.
Página 7 - President, whenever the right of choice devolves upon them, before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, then the Vice President chosen for the same term shall act as President until the House of Representatives chooses a President; and the Congress may by law provide for the case where the Vice President has not been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term...
Página 47 - Under existing conditions a new Congress does not actually convene in regular session until a year and one month after its members have been elected. When our Constitution was adopted there was some reason for such a long intervention of time between the election and the actual commencement of work by the new Congress. We had neither railroads nor telegraphic communication connecting the various states and communities of the country. Under present conditions, however, the result of elections is known...
Página 16 - SEC. 3. If the House of Representatives has not chosen a President, whenever the right of choice devolves upon them, before the time fixed for the beginning of his term...
Página 9 - Presidency fill out the unexpired term? "(c) If the election were ordered in case of a vacancy in the office, could it be for the unexpired term or would it have to be for a term of four years, thus disarranging the fouryear period of the Government? "(d) Does the commission of a Cabinet officer expire on March 4, and would this prevent succession?
Página 20 - Shall the choice of a Chief Executive be intrusted to the House of Representatives about to go out of existence when such House may even be under control of the party defeated at the preceding November election?
Página 4 - ... page. The expenses of such committee shall be paid out of the contingent funds of the Senate and House of Representatives in proportion to the membership of such committee from each House. (d) The committee shall from time to time report to both the Senate and the House of Representatives the results of its inquiries, together with its recommendations, and may prepare and submit bills or resolutions embodying such recommendations, and the final report of said committee shall be submitted not...
Página 52 - ... truth of the matter is, Mr. Chairman, that only a few countries in the world have a wilderness option. It is only the nations that are on large continents, only the nations that still have untouched virgin land, that have an option today to have a wilderness system such as we are talking about. As far as I know, there is no other country in the world that has established, as a matter of high national policy, a wilderness system, along the lines of the bill that the committee is considering here...