John F. Kennedy Quotes
The consumer is the only man in our economy without a high-powered lobbyist in Washington.
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States (Democrat, MA), Campaign Speech, Wittenberg College, Springfield, OH, 1960
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The WWI veterans lobby was formed and they pressured Congress into authorizing a bonus of between $1 and $1.25 for each day of wartime service. However, the catch was that they would not be paid until 1945 unless they did, Hence the name for the bonus. The Bonus March on Washington would eventually march on Washington to get their pay while they were still alive. Finally, the bonuses were paid immediately after Franklin Delano Roosevelt assumed the Presidency even though he personally opposed paying it early. Congress passed the law over his veto.
She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to becoming president.
