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Ameche was Roman Catholic [24] and a Republican who supported the campaign of Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential election [25] and Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election.
In 1940 he gave testimony before the House of Representatives Interstate Commerce Committee—in the presence of numerous fans—to oppose the Neely Anti-Block Booking Bill, which would free movie theaters from “blind” purchasing contracts with studios. (Blind purchasing contracts were arrangements in which theaters purchased films from ...
The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. There are currently 432 members.
A native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Don Ameche started his radio career in 1930 on Empire Builders, a program broadcast from Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. By 1932, Ameche had become the leading man on two other Chicago-based programs: the dramatic anthology First Nighter and Betty and Bob, considered by many to be the forerunner of the soap-opera ...
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
1 dzień temu · The House of Representatives originally comprised 59 members. The number rose following the ratification of the Constitution by North Carolina and Rhode Island in 1790; the first Congress (1789–91) adjourned with 65 representatives.
12 wrz 2024 · • House of Representatives: 220 Republicans (plus 2 Delegates and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) and 211 Democrats (plus 3 Delegates), and 4 vacant seats.
