...Sixth Congress, Third Session. provision that Congress might by law grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments a seat upon the...of either House, with the privilege of discussing measures appertaining to his Department. But notwithstanding the approval of such a feature by men...

...thirds of both branches of the legislature thereof. Congress may by law grant to the principal officer in each of the executive departments a seat upon the...either house, with the privilege of discussing any measure appertaining to his department (an excellent arrangement which, though practised under the...

...the adoption merely of a clause providing that "Congress may by law grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive departments a seat upon the...discussing any measures appertaining to his department." Had the proposed ministerial system been adopted Cabinet and Congress would probably have combined...

...the adoption merely of a clause providing that "Congress may by law grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive departments a seat upon the...either House, with the privilege of discussing any * Cf. his autobiographical sketch in his Recollections, Myrta L. Avary ed., pp. 15-29. measures appertaining...

...either House during his continuance in office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments a seat upon the...discussing any measures apper-taining to his department.* 1 (Cf. Const. US, Art. I., Sec. 2, Par. 3.] • [Cj. Const. US, Art. I., Sec. 2, Par. 5.] 1 [Cf. Const....

...either House during his continuance in office. But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments a seat upon the...discussing any measures appertaining to his department.' 1 (Cf. Const. US, Art. I., Sec. 2, Par. 3.] ' [Cf. Const. US, Art. I., Sec. a, Par. 5.] » [Cj. Const....

...Constitution. In addition, it was provided that " Congress may by law grant to the principal officer in each of the executive departments a seat upon the...either House, with the privilege of discussing any measure appertaining to his department." ' A committee of the United States Senate in 1881 recommended...

...Lowell, "The Government of England," VoL I, P. 61. "Congress may by law grant to the principal officer in each of the executive departments a seat upon the...either house, with the privilege of discussing any measure appertaining to his department." In Belgium, Italy, and Spain, the ministers or secretaries...

...Government of England," Vol. I, p. 61. "Congress may by law grant to the principal officer in each of trie executive departments a seat upon the floor of either house, with the privilege of discussing any measure appertaining to his department." In Belgium, Italy, and Spain, the ministers or secretaries...

...ineligible for reelection ; it provided that Congress could permit heads of departments to have seats upon the floor of either house, with the privilege of discussing any measures affecting their several departments ; it forbade the enactment of a protective tariff. After the constitution...