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Bill Taft: “The legislative and the executive each performs its own appropriate function, but these functions must be coordinated.”

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The legislative and the executive each performs its own appropriate function, but these functions must be coordinated.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft asserts that the functions of the legislative and executive branches must be coordinated for effective governance.

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