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Calvin Coolidge: If Congress goes ahead and appropriates more money than there is in the Treasury, and makes it necessary to put in a…

On the recordMarch 4, 1926
If Congress goes ahead and appropriates more money than there is in the Treasury, and makes it necessary to put in a bill increasing taxes, it won't encourage the business of the country.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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