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... party asked the President to draft a bill which would be unobjectionable to him . After consulting with his Cabinet , Tyler complied with this request , and the bill which he had drawn ( at least in outline ) was introduced in Congress ...
... party asked the President to draft a bill which would be unobjectionable to him . After consulting with his Cabinet , Tyler complied with this request , and the bill which he had drawn ( at least in outline ) was introduced in Congress ...
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... party newspaper . No duty lies on Congress to take up a subject to which he has called attention as need- ing legislation ; and in fact , the suggestions which he makes , year after year , are usually neglected , even when his party has ...
... party newspaper . No duty lies on Congress to take up a subject to which he has called attention as need- ing legislation ; and in fact , the suggestions which he makes , year after year , are usually neglected , even when his party has ...
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... party . There were periods , as we have seen , when the President was not necessarily the leader of his party , nor even one of its most influential mem- bers . Among the later Presidents , some have gladly accepted this office and its ...
... party . There were periods , as we have seen , when the President was not necessarily the leader of his party , nor even one of its most influential mem- bers . Among the later Presidents , some have gladly accepted this office and its ...
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... party is the President , and thus it becomes his business to see to it that Congress redeems the party's pledges and enacts the party's measures . In detail , some of these measures may be highly objectionable to individual members of ...
... party is the President , and thus it becomes his business to see to it that Congress redeems the party's pledges and enacts the party's measures . In detail , some of these measures may be highly objectionable to individual members of ...
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... party had no dubious sound to him . On the con- trary , he constantly sought to broaden it out into the doctrine that he is the chief representative of the people as a whole , and so , not so much the leader of this or that party , as ...
... party had no dubious sound to him . On the con- trary , he constantly sought to broaden it out into the doctrine that he is the chief representative of the people as a whole , and so , not so much the leader of this or that party , as ...
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Page 82 - If any bill presented to the governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portions of the bill. In such case, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects; and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect.
Page 11 - The true view of the Executive functions is, as I conceive it, that the President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and necessary to its exercise.
Page 113 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 117 - And, whereas, It has now become necessary in the national defense to take possession and assume control of certain systems of transportation and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of other than war traffic thereon, for the transportation of troops, war material and equipment therefor, and for other needful and desirable purposes connected with the prosecution of the war...
Page 117 - Joint resolution authorizing the President to take over for the United States the possession and title of any vessel within its jurisdiction, which at the time of coming therein was owned in whole or in part by any corporation, citizen, or subject of any nation with which the United States may be at war, or was under register of any such nation, and for other purposes,
Page 117 - The President in time of war is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion, as far as may be necessary, of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material, and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable...
Page 96 - We, therefore, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council...
Page 117 - An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel...
Page 117 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.