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On the recordOctober 21, 1960
Members of the House of Representatives are given under the Constitution power to levy taxes, the power to appropriate money.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Shaunee Mission East High School, Kansas City, KS

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