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As President, William Taft signed and passed several significant pieces of legislation, including the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909, which reduced certain tariffs. He also championed the Children's Bureau Act of 1912, which established an organization to oversee child welfare. Taft did exercise his veto power on occasion, including a veto of the Arizona statehood bill in 1911 due to concerns over provisions in the state constitution related to judicial recall.