Bonus Bill
The
Bonus Bill
of
1817
was a
bill
introduced by
John Calhoun
to provide
United States
highways
linking The East and South to The West using the earnings
Bonus
from the
Second Bank of the United States
. Calhoun argued for it using general welfare and post roads clauses. It was an early example of
pork barrel
politics. Though he approved of the goals, President
James Madison
vetoed the bill as
unconstitutional
.
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