Abolition of the Short Session of Congress

Archive Report

The Norris constitutional amendment to abolish the short session of Congress was among the important measures that failed when the short session came to a close and the Sixty-ninth Congress passed out of existence March 4. The Norris amendment has been approved by the Senate in each of the last three Congress, While other Important measures were being obstructed, and ultimately defeated, by filibustering minorities in the Senate during the closing weeks of the last session, the Norris amendment was blocked by the failure of House leaders to bring it to a vote in the lower body in advance of the final adjournment.

In the closing hours of the session, when it became apparent that many pieces of legislation would be defeated by the filibuster ...

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