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Powers of congress to exclude or expel
Republican Movement to Oust Sentor Bilob
For the first time in nearly twenty years, a United States senator-elect faces a determined challenge of his right to a seat in the Senate when the 80th Congress meets in January. The special Campaign Investigating Committee of the Senate will open hearings in Mississippi early in December to determine the accuracy of charges that Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo incited the white population of his state “to commit acts of violence and intimidation against Negro voters” during his 1946 campaign for the Democratic senatorial nomination. The two Republican members of the special committee1 will report their findings, Dec. 30, to a general conference in Washington of the new Republican majority in the Senate. ...