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On the recordDecember 8, 1971
Even if OEO legislation were to come separately to my desk, containing these provisions, I would be compelled to veto it as inconsistent with the best interest of America's poor.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Veto of the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1971

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