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FDR: Let me state to you categorically that if such a joint resolution were passed by the Congress disapproving an order, I…

On the recordMarch 28, 1938
Let me state to you categorically that if such a joint resolution were passed by the Congress disapproving an order, I would, in the overwhelming majority of cases, go along with carefully considered Congressional action.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letter on the Reorganization Bill

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