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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The passage of the 23d Amendment by the Congress and its remarkably prompt ratification by the required number of States…”

On the recordMay 15, 1961
The passage of the 23d Amendment by the Congress and its remarkably prompt ratification by the required number of States reaffirms the belief of the people of the entire Nation in the basic principle that government must be responsible to those governed.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill Implementing the 23d Amendment to...

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