Richard Nixon: “For 5 years we've been trying to get it through the Congress and they…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1960

For 5 years we've been trying to get it through the Congress and they have refused to enact the program that the President wanted.

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Republican · California

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Speech by the Vice President at the Civic Center, Charleston, WV

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