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Bill Clinton: Well, we'll do what we've always done in cases like this. I will veto, and then they'll either pass legislation that's…

On the recordOctober 25, 1995
Well, we'll do what we've always done in cases like this. I will veto, and then they'll either pass legislation that's acceptable or they won't. But that is their choice. You know, before they ever adopted a budget resolution, as soon as they proposed a balanced budget I proposed one. I proposed one without frills, one that eliminated hundreds of programs, one that continues to shrink the Federal Government, one that continues to invest in our future, and one with the kind of sensible economic assumptions that have characterized my first budgets. And so far, the response was, ``Well, we'd be glad to talk to you, but we're not going to change anything.'' So the ball is basically in their court. They have to enact the laws. Yes, Rita [Rita Braver, CBS News].
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Bill Clinton
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