 ... must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for a part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an...  Guns and Butter: Setting Priorities in Federal Spending in the Context of ... - Page 3by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security - 2006 - 85 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George M. Stephens - Law - 2002 - 224 pages
...has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right as individuals, to give away as...charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money." It had been assumed that the bill would pass easily,... | |
 | Michael Warren - 2005 - 408 pages
...of Atlas Shrugged "We have rights, as individuals, to give as much of our own money as we please to charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of public money.". — David Crockett, US Congressman (1827-1835) "Now what liberty can there be where... | |
 | Robert Wickes - Political Science - 2006 - 337 pages
...wasn't in there. In 1827, then-Congressman Davy Crockett, former King of the Wild Frontier, stated, "We have the right, as individuals, to give away as...charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money to do the same. " The CWBC intended to provide the basic... | |
 | Parth J. Shah, Parth Shah - Business & Economics - 2004 - 374 pages
...Constitution. In contrast, Congressman Davy Crockett, who was elected in 1827, told his colleagues, "We have the right, as individuals, to give away as...charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money." What Should be Done? Polls show that three out of four... | |
 | Cameron C. Taylor - Business & Economics - 2007 - 322 pages
...has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please to charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money... | |
 | Jim O'Bryon - Religion - 2007 - 502 pages
...has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar... | |
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