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On the recordJuly 8, 1926
I thought it was especially to the credit of the Congress that they had functioned as a legislative body in accordance with recommendations that I had made in my [message] without being constantly forced into some position by action on my part.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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