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6889. PRESIDENT, The senate and.—

The transaction of business with foreign nations
is Executive altogether. It belongs,
then, to the head of that department, except
as to such portions of it as are specially
submitted to the Senate. Exceptions are to
be construed strictly.—
Opinion on the Powers of the Senate. Washington ed. vii, 465. Ford ed., v, 161.
(1790)