[rednesss]

Yes because in 1913 when it might have been a 3 or 4 day train ride back home for Christmas, they would have stuck around for the House vote on 12-22-1913 and the Senate vote on 12-23-1913. Now it overwhelmingly passed in the House, but the Senate vote was 43 yeas, 25 nays, and the rest not voting. I haven’t found an exact number yet, but in 1913 there were 48 states so I assume there were 96 Senators so that leaves 28 not voting, more than enough to have voted it down. Also I find it hard to believe that a bill could be voted on by the House on the 22nd, by the Senate on the 23rd, the two bills reconciled with each other, and the President signs it into law on the 23rd as well. None of this sounds fishy to you??? And you are the self-proclaimed intelligencia????

[Toddsterpatriot]

Now it overwhelmingly passed in the House, but the Senate vote was 43 yeas, 25 nays, and the rest not voting. I haven’t found an exact number yet, but in 1913 there were 48 states so I assume there were 96 Senators so that leaves 28 not voting, more than enough to have voted it down.

If it was that important and they were all going to vote against, they should have stayed. But they weren't all going to vote against.

Also I find it hard to believe that a bill could be voted on by the House on the 22nd, by the Senate on the 23rd, the two bills reconciled with each other, and the President signs it into law on the 23rd as well.

They used to be more efficient back then.

None of this sounds fishy to you???

No.

And you are the self-proclaimed intelligencia????

I'm smarter than you. Not a very high hurdle.

[Toddsterpatriot]

The House, on December 22, 1913, agreed to the conference report on the Federal Reserve Act by a vote of 298 yeas to 60 nays with 76 not voting. The Senate, on December 23, 1913, agreed to it by a vote of 43 yeas to 25 nays with 27 not voting. The record shows that there were no Democrats voting “nay” in the Senate and only two in the House. The record also shows that almost all of those not voting on the bill had previously declared their intentions and were paired with members of opposite intentions.

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