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Gerald Ford: “I vetoed 49 bills--42 of those bills have been sustained and the taxpayers of America have been saved $13 billion.”

On the recordMay 21, 1976
I vetoed 49 bills--42 of those bills have been sustained and the taxpayers of America have been saved $13 billion.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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