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Gerald Ford: I have held the line on Government spending with 66 vetoes and saved you, the hard-pressed American taxpayer, $9…

On the recordOctober 26, 1976
I have held the line on Government spending with 66 vetoes and saved you, the hard-pressed American taxpayer, $9 billion.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks in Philadelphia

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