What bill was tabled on June 12th, 1935 that served as the platform for The Kingfish’s legendary longiloquence?

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"Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 - September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935. ... In 1933, he was a leader of a three-week Senate filibuster against the Glass-Steagall Banking Act." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long "On June 12, 1935, the fiery Louisiana senator began what would become his longest and most dramatic filibuster. His goal was to force the Senate's Democratic leadership to retain a provision, opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt, requiring Senate confirmation for the National Recovery Administration's senior employees. His motive was to prevent his political enemies in Louisiana from obtaining lucrative NRA jobs. Huey Long spoke for 15 hours and 30 minutes, the second-longest Senate filibuster to that time." http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Huey_Long_Filibusters.htm "Before the Senate on June 12 was a bill to extend the National Recovery Act, which was about to expire. Long had opposed the original NRA but was more or less resigned to its extension. What he wanted was to force the Senate to retain a rider to the new bill, the so-called Gore amendment, that would require Senate confirmation of presidentialy appointed NRA officials (he hoped to prevent his political enemies from getting NRA jobs in Louisiana). The Senate’s pro-Roosevelt leadership wanted to remove the Gore amendment, but unless they agreed to retain it, Huey vowed to talk the Senate to death." http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/web/20060612-louisiana-huey-long-senate-kingfish-share-the-wealth-filibuster-roosevelt.shtml Oct 23 09, 6:57 PM

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