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Bill Delahunt: again, for the record, I think it is important Page H11914 to note in terms of the constitutionality of censure that no…

On the recordDecember 1, 1997
again, for the record, 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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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts
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Dec 1, 1997

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