"act" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Emboldened by a sweeping electoral triumph, Roosevelt called for still more drastic railroad regulation, and in June 1906, Congress passed the Hepburn Act.
- He also sponsored the Hepburn Act of 1906, a major priority in the second term of President Theodore Roosevelt.
- The big beef men bitterly opposed the law; just as the big railway men opposed the Hepburn Act.
- The 1906 Hepburn Act gave the ICC authority to set maximum rates and review the companies' financial records.
- However in 1906, with the support of the Roosevelt Administration, the Hepburn Act was passed.
- The Hepburn Act of 1906 strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission; prior to that, the commission had minimal resources to carry out its duties.
- Later, he was elected to U.S. Congress, and he introduced the Hepburn Act of 1906.
- Hepburn Act (1906)
- In 1906, Spokane sued under the newly passed Hepburn Act, and won on July 24, 1911.
- His testimony led to passage of the Hepburn Act of 1906 which eased railroad fares for western shippers.
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