Whig (nationalist) Senator Henry Clay, of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sponsors resolutions which would repeal the Independent Treasury Act of 1840; establish an unlawful, third, central Bank of the United States; and raise (protective) tariffs on imported goods.
[restored 1/15/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 6 [Clause 1]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 115.
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