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White House Statement About Senate Cooperation on Appropriations Legislation.

November 13, 1930

THE PRESIDENT has been in communication with the floor leaders of the Republican and Democratic sides of the Senate with a view to securing cooperation for the prompt passage of the appropriation bills through the Senate at the forthcoming session. Both leaders have expressed their desire and full cooperation to accomplish this. The fear and apprehension which have been expressed over reports that delay or filibuster would be resorted to to force an extra session of the Congress, have therefore no foundation.

Note: The reports referred to press speculation that the Democrats might resort to organized delay during the last session of the 71st Congress, the objective being to force the calling of an early session of the newly-elected 72d Congress. Its first regular session would not meet until December 7, 1931.

Herbert Hoover, White House Statement About Senate Cooperation on Appropriations Legislation. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212381

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