Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Post-Office Appropriations Bill: February 25, 1911
First. This proposed amendment is in conflict with section 7 article 1, of the Constitution of the United States in this particular, that it proposes the raising of revenue, and thus invades a special prerogative of the House of Representatives under the Constitution. Section 7, article 1, of the Constitution provides tha all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. This item proposes raising revenue and it can not be defended on any ground. The Senate has no right to originate an item for raising revenue and can not - defend this matter on the pretense that it is amending a revenue bill, for this is not a revenue bill, and the proposed amendment is not an amendment of any proposal of the House of Representatives having for its object the raising of revenue. On the contrary, this is a bill making appropriation of money and the proposed amendment. Is an amendment of an appropriation proposal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
