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To: PeaRidge

Yes it passed the House in May 10 1860. It did not pass the Senate until Feb 20 1861. After a conference committee with the house to iron out some minor differences the Senate passed the Morrell Tariff Act, March 2 1861

In the Senate 24 yes votes, 14 no votes and 12 abstentions.
5 of the abstentions were southern Democrats. Had the senators of the 7 seceding states remained in the Senate, that would have probably been 14 more no votes. The bill would have failed.


67 posted on 12/23/2019 7:08:45 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
“Probably....”.

Probably is not history. You are using non-sequiturs to try to impress your buddies.

73 posted on 12/23/2019 1:02:43 PM PST by PeaRidge
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