Bill Clinton: “The first balanced budget in a generation is now also the first budget…”

On the recordAugust 10, 1997

The first balanced budget in a generation is now also the first budget in American history to be strengthened by the line item veto.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on Signing Line Item Vetoes of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and an Exchange...

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