Assertion: constitution's provision | /r/CapableOf | permit acceptance of foreign gifts
Facets:
value: with the explicit approval of congress
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The final text of the clause included a provision that permitted acceptance of foreign gifts with the explicit approval of Congress, perhaps reflecting the awkward experience of Benjamin Franklin, who as American minister to France had been presented with a bejeweled snuff box by Louis XVI and, not wishing to offend the king, asked Congress for permission to keep it (permission was granted).