Assertion: president's power | /r/CapableOf | raise revenue
Facets:
value: independently
type: MANNER
value: through tariffs on foreign imports
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Frustrated by the failure of the states to supply needed requisitions, Madison proposed to amend the Articles of Confederation to grant Congress the power to independently raise revenue through tariffs on foreign imports.
text: This move failing, he worked unceasingly for an amendment conferring power to raise revenue and wrote an eloquent address adjuring the states to avert national disintegration by ratifying the submitted article.