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On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I think it is important Page H11914 to note in terms of the constitutionality of censure that no less a figure in our history than Abraham Lincoln, the father of the Republican Party, supported a House resolution condemning President Polk for unnecessarily and unconstitutionally starting a war with Mexico.
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois
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Dec 1, 1997

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