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Gerald Ford: “I have held the line on Federal spending with 66 vetoes, which saved the hard-pressed taxpayer something like $9…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1976
I have held the line on Federal spending with 66 vetoes, which saved the hard-pressed taxpayer something like $9 billion.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks in Columbia, South Carolina

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