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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I take special pride, therefore, in submitting this proposal to permit the greatest possible number of citizens of the…”

On the recordMay 15, 1961
I take special pride, therefore, in submitting this proposal to permit the greatest possible number of citizens of the District of Columbia to share with their fellow Americans the basic right to vote for President and Vice President of the United States.
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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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