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Veto Message on the Internal Improvements Bill
James Madison

Finding no such power in the Constitution, President James Madison vetos a bill passed by Congress to establish a system of roads and canals throughout the nation. Madison argues that this power is one reserved by the States themselves.

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James Madison: Veto Message on the Internal Improvements Bill

March 3, 1817 (about 207 years ago)

Finding no such power in the Constitution, President James Madison vetos a bill passed by Congress to establish a system of roads and canals throughout the nation. Madison argues that this power is one reserved by the States themselves.

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