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Gerald Ford: “Failure to do so will mean that the Congress will in the aggregate...add over one and a half billion dollars to the…”

On the recordNovember 25, 1974
Failure to do so will mean that the Congress will in the aggregate...add over one and a half billion dollars to the Federal deficit in 1975.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Veto of Vietnam Era Veterans' Education and Training Benefits Legislation

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