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William McKinley: “Then I felt constrained to convene the Congress in extraordinary session to devise revenues to pay the ordinary expenses…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1901
Then I felt constrained to convene the Congress in extraordinary session to devise revenues to pay the ordinary expenses of the Government.
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William McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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Inaugural Address

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