Starting in on a mountainous accumulation of bills Tuesday night with Maines former governor in the chair the Senate whipped through 47 bills in 10 minutes. With PAYNE again presiding on Wednesday the Senate took up its calendar at 10:15 a. m.. and by 2:15 p. In.. just 4 hours later. had considered 432 bills. passing 366 and deferring 66 for later action. At one point PAYNE called up and banged through private immigration bills at the rate of 100 in 10 minutes. At the end of the gruelling session PAYNE looked fresh but admitted he was "a bit weary." I thought the insertion into the RECORD at this time of that item might be an inspiration to future presiding officers of the Senate.
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