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John Shadegg: “I want to begin this debate by pointing out that 68 percent of all Americans approve of adopting this kind of amendment.…”

On the recordApril 15, 1999
I want to begin this debate by pointing out that 68 percent of all Americans approve of adopting this kind of amendment. And as my colleagues might expect, that support is stronger amongst Republicans than amongst Democrats. Indeed, 75 percent of Republicans polled across America favor a constitutional amendment making it necessary to have a two-thirds majority before we can raise taxes yet one more time. But, very significantly, I want my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to hear this figure. And it is that 63 percent of all Democrats in America, in a recent poll on this issue, favored this amendment. This is not show-boating. This is substance, and it is doing what the American people want.
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John Shadegg
Arizona

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Discussing public support for a constitutional amendment regarding tax increases.

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