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Ulysses S. Grant: “To have any rules effective they must have the acquiescence of Congress as well as of the Executive.”

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To have any rules effective they must have the acquiescence of Congress as well as of the Executive.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Republican · Ohio

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Grant asserts that effective rules require the agreement of both Congress and the Executive.

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