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... vote of 107 to 102 . The Senate adds amendments which the House rejects . The difference is settled by a committee of conference , and bill passes Senate by 25 to 22 , approved May 22 , 1824 National convention , called by the Penn ...
... vote of 107 to 102 . The Senate adds amendments which the House rejects . The difference is settled by a committee of conference , and bill passes Senate by 25 to 22 , approved May 22 , 1824 National convention , called by the Penn ...
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... vote of 114 to 95 , and the Senate by the cast- ing vote of the Vice - President , George M. Dallas . Average rate of duty 251⁄2 per cent .... .... July 30 , 1846 established by act .... Aug . 6 , 1846 Robert J. Walker introduces the ...
... vote of 114 to 95 , and the Senate by the cast- ing vote of the Vice - President , George M. Dallas . Average rate of duty 251⁄2 per cent .... .... July 30 , 1846 established by act .... Aug . 6 , 1846 Robert J. Walker introduces the ...
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... vote of 159 to 155 April 15 , 1884 A bill to reduce tariff taxes , introduced by Mr. Morrison , is lost by vote of the House , 157 to 140 ........ June 17 , 1886 Mills bill , a measure " to reduce taxa- tion and simplify the laws in ...
... vote of 159 to 155 April 15 , 1884 A bill to reduce tariff taxes , introduced by Mr. Morrison , is lost by vote of the House , 157 to 140 ........ June 17 , 1886 Mills bill , a measure " to reduce taxa- tion and simplify the laws in ...
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... vote of 204 to 140. Sixteen Democrats voted against the bill . The Wilson bill failed to provide suffi- cient revenue . After the election of Mc- Kinley and a Republican Congress in 1896 , a strong effort was at once made to pass ...
... vote of 204 to 140. Sixteen Democrats voted against the bill . The Wilson bill failed to provide suffi- cient revenue . After the election of Mc- Kinley and a Republican Congress in 1896 , a strong effort was at once made to pass ...
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... vote , and thus for the time being the consid- eration of the merits of the project was prevented . Captain Eads estimated the cost of the railway over the Tehuantepec route , 112 miles in length , at $ 75,000,000 . He claimed that ...
... vote , and thus for the time being the consid- eration of the merits of the project was prevented . Captain Eads estimated the cost of the railway over the Tehuantepec route , 112 miles in length , at $ 75,000,000 . He claimed that ...
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