They had been fed a hunting breakfast, so called because a kedgeree, the dish identified with fox hunting, was on the bill.

After an unspeakable siege, lasting the better part of two months, it was announced that the studio `` owed '' the government a tax debt in excess of eight million dollars while I, who had always remained aloof from such iniquitous practices as paying taxes on the salary I had earned and the little I legally inherited as Morris' helpless relict, was `` stung '' with a personal bill of such astronomical proportions as to `` wipe out '' all but a fraction of my poor, hard-come-by savings.

He also complained that not enough notice was given on the hearing, since the bill was introduced only last Monday.

There was no debate as the Senate passed the bill on to the House.

Rep. James Cotten of Weatherford insisted that a water development bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives was an effort by big cities like Dallas and Fort Worth to cover up places like Paradise, a Wise County hamlet of 250 people.

But the tardiness of the administration in making the dedication has caused legislators to suspect the tax bill was related more directly to an over-all shortage of cash than to segregation.

In addition, disclosures that missile workers were earning sums far in excess of what is paid for equivalent work elsewhere provoked his indignation on behalf of the American taxpayer who was footing the bill.

Official reasoning: the bill was a `` wanton invasion of basic property rights ''.

Perhaps he had known then where that hundred dollar bill had come from and where it was taking his wife.

Although Lincoln believed it was not within Congress's power to free the slaves within the states, he approved the bill in deference to the legislature.

The only mistakes she makes within the series are a typing error during the events of Hickory Dickory Dock and the mis-mailing of an electricity bill, although she was worried about strange events surrounding her sister at the time.

As of May 2012 a private member's bill was before the House of Lords which would grant Turing a statutory pardon if enacted.

The campaign included fierce debates ; Johnson's primary issue was the passage of the Homestead bill, which Haynes contended would facilitate abolition.

When King Amadeus finally had the bill in his desk, which would extend the 1837 Abolition Act to the Antilles, he was put on notice of a coup financed by Cuban plantationers and industrialists if he signed.

A private member's bill — the Succession to the Crown Bill — was introduced in the House of Lords in December 2004.

Shortly after the Thomas confirmation hearings, President George H. W. Bush dropped his opposition to a bill giving harassment victims the right to seek federal damage awards, back pay and reinstatement, and the law was passed by Congress.

This gave the cloner, through the Oki phone, the ability to use the mobile phone service of the legitimate subscriber whose phone was cloned just as if that phone had been physically stolen instead, except that the subscriber was not without his or her phone and was not aware that the phone had been cloned — at least until that subscriber received his or her next bill.

" While Disraeli did not argue that the Jews did the Christians a favour by killing Christ, as he had in Tancred and would in Lord George Bentinck, his speech was badly received by his own party, which along with the Anglican establishment was hostile to the bill.

Bentinck, then still Conservative leader in the Commons, joined Disraeli in speaking and voting for the bill, although his own speech was a standard one of toleration.

The bill, however, was riddled with complexities and had to be withdrawn.

These co-sponsors are not required to sign the bill and are considered under House Rules to be " original co-sponsors " and " additional co-sponsors " depending on whether they co-sponsored the bill at the time it was introduced or added their names to the bill after its introduction.

In 1999, Abraham co-sponsored S. 896, a bill to abolish the U. S. Department of Energy, which would have transferred control of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in large part to the Defense Department.

In 2006, Reid co-sponsored the " Prevention First Amendment " with Hillary Clinton, which would fund abortion prevention efforts, such as giving women broader access to contraception ; however the bill faced Republican opposition and failed.

Kind co-sponsored a bill that would have eliminated subsidies for those earning over $ 250, 000 while increasing funding for conservation and rural development.

The congressman co-sponsored, with Republican congressman Mac Thornberry, an amendment to the fiscal 2013 defense spending bill reversing previous bans on disseminating Defense and State Department propaganda in the United States, reversing the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1987, designed to protect U. S. audiences from government misinformation campaigns.

He has voted against the federal marriage amendment that would constitutionally ban same-sex marriage and co-sponsored a bill to overturn the military's " Don't Ask, Don't Tell " policy that prohibited LGBT troops from serving openly.

Along with Representative Marty Meehan, a Massachusetts Democrat, Shays co-sponsored the Shays-Meehan bill, which was signed into law as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

On 15 May, Senator Cohen introduced the Senate bill, co-sponsored by Senator Nunn and others, which called for a joint military organization for SOF and the establishment of an office in the Defense Department to ensure adequate funding and policy emphasis for low-intensity conflict and special operations.

The bill was introduced as S. 1559, the Job Training and Community Services Act, by Senator Gaylord Nelson ( Democrat of Wisconsin ) and co-sponsored by Senator Jacob Javits ( Republican of New York ).

A few days after being sworn in, Cooper co-sponsored his first piece of legislation, a bill to provide federal aid for education.

He also co-sponsored a bill to create the Medicare system, although it was defeated at the time.

He supported a comprehensive program benefiting the coal industry and co-sponsored a bill to extending public library services to rural areas.

Similarly Congressman Bishop co-sponsored a bill put forth by House Majority whip Kevin McCarthy to remove regulations from of Forest Service Roadless Areas and Wilderness Study Areas to multiple use purposes.

McDonald also co-sponsored a bill ' expressing the sense of the Congress that homosexual acts and the class of individuals who advocate such conduct shall never receive special consideration or a protected status under law '.

The bill was sponsored by Representative Benjamin A. Gilman ( Republican, NY-20 ) and co-sponsored by Representative Christopher Cox ( Republican, CA-47 ).

The bill is co-sponsored in the U. S. Senate by Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, Senator Mark Rubio of Florida and Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.

He co-sponsored a 2010 bill for enhanced border security, but has opposed the construction of a wall along the border.

In 2011, he co-sponsored HR 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, The bill contained an exception for " forcible rape ," which opponents criticized as potentially excluding drug-facilitated rape, date rape, and other forms of rape.

Serrano has filed a bill, HR 900, with Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño, which has been co-sponsored by 129 other Democratic and Republican members of Congress to authorize such a referendum by 2009.

In 2010, Scott co-sponsored the " Lee-Scott bill " with Barbara Lee to make it easier on individuals who had been on unemployment for 99 weeks without finding work.

In 2011 Smith co-sponsored the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, a bill that made significant changes to the U. S. patent system.

The bill was co-sponsored by the Oklahoma State Black Congressional Caucus.