The initiation of finance bills in the House played a major role in the history of this piece of legislation, since all attempts to pass it failed in the Senate.
The initiation of finance bills in the House played a major role in the history of this piece of legislation, since all attempts to pass it failed in the Senate. This was originally introduced in 1846 by a freshman Democrat from Pennsylvania, who suggested it as an amendment to an appropriations bill, and it would be reintroduced as a rider several times over the next few years after its initial failure. For ten points, identify this unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery from all lands ceded by Mexico.
The initiation of finance bills in the House played a major role in the history of this piece of legislation, since all attempts to pass it failed in the Senate.
{Wilmot Proviso}