A few years after opposing the League of Nations, Senator William Borah of Idaho became the only Republican to vote against this bill when it came before the Senate. It was supported by Senator Edwin Ladd of North Dakota, the spokesman of the Farm Bloc. The final version did not contain the American Valuation Plan, which wa
A few years after opposing the League of Nations, Senator William Borah of Idaho became the only Republican to vote against this bill when it came before the Senate. It was supported by Senator Edwin Ladd of North Dakota, the spokesman of the Farm Bloc. The final version did not contain the American Valuation Plan, which was part of the original bill proposed by one of its namesakes. When that original bill came before the House, John Nance Garner grabbed a straw hat and challenged Republicans to state a duty on it. Named after the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from Michigan and a Republican senator from North Dakota, it was immediately preceded by an Emergency Tariff Act, which was put into place while it was being drawn up. For 10 points, identify this tariff that raised duties after the Underwood-Simmons tariff, signed by President Harding in 1922.
A few years after opposing the League of Nations, Senator William Borah of Idaho became the only Republican to vote against this bill when it came before the Senate.
Fordney-McCumber Tariff