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Calvin Coolidge: It is never possible to make much of a determination in advance of what the action of the Senate will be relative to the…

On the recordJanuary 21, 1929
It is never possible to make much of a determination in advance of what the action of the Senate will be relative to the time of securing a vote on any question that is pending there.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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