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Line 5: </ref> Congressman [[David Wilmot]] first introduced the Proviso in the [[United States House of Representatives]] on August 8, [[29th United States Congress\|1846]] as a [[rider (legislation)\|rider]] on a $2,000,000 appropriations bill intended for the final negotiations to resolve the [[Mexican–American War]]. (this was only three months into the two-year war). It passed the House but failed in the Senate, where the South had greater representation. It was reintroduced in February 1847 and again passed the House and failed in the Senate.

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