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Woodrow Wilson: I am in entire sympathy with the objects of this bill, and would gladly approve it but for the fact that I regard one of…

On the recordJune 3, 1920
I am in entire sympathy with the objects of this bill, and would gladly approve it but for the fact that I regard one of the provisions contained in Section 303 as unconstitutional.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.R. 9783, 'An Act to Provide a National Budget...'

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