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On the recordSeptember 3, 1960
I think that the lesson we learned from this session was that you cannot possibly pass these bills unless you have the support of the administration, unless you have the affirmative endorsement by whoever is President of the United States, because the power of veto hangs so heavily over the Congress, especially in a short session, where it would be extremely difficult to override and especially with the parliamentary devices available.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Press Conference of Senator John F. Kennedy, Anchorage, Alaska, Westward Hotel

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