The Legal Basis for Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United

The legal basis for Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United States was

A) rejected by the House of Representatives and the Senate.
B) supported by Thomas Jefferson.
C) accepted by the bank's opponents, even if they disagreed with the goals and objectives of the bank on policy grounds.
D) based on the "necessary and proper," or "elastic," clause in the Constitution.
E) rejected by President George Washington.