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The current text of the Constitution does not mention the word "republic", but does for example assert that all power is derived, "under God, from the people" (Article 6.1). Debate largely focuses on the question of whether, before 1949, the head of state was the President of Ireland or King George VI .
Pitt's new graduated (progressive) income tax began at a levy of 2 old pence in the pound (1 ⁄ 120 or 0.83%) on annual incomes over £60 and increased up to a maximum of 2 shillings (10%) on incomes of over £200. Pitt hoped that the new income tax would raise £10 million, but actual receipts for 1799 totalled just over £6 million.
The new treaty would be based on the first and fourth parts of the Constitution, the rest of the Constitution's changes being achieved through amendments to the Treaty of Rome. [9] In the June 2007 European summit meeting, member states agreed to abandon the constitution and to amend the existing treaties, which would remain in force.
For example, women's suffrage in the United States was achieved gradually, first at state and local levels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, then in 1920 when women in the US received universal suffrage with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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