John Shadegg: “Almost a two-thirds majority of all Democrats across America in a…”

On the recordApril 21, 1998

Almost a two-thirds majority of all Democrats across America in a nationwide poll, just short of two-thirds of all Democrats in this country, favor the adoption in America today, hopefully by this vote tomorrow, of a supermajority requirement to raise taxes. I certainly hope that that is a figure that is not lost upon our colleagues; that they will recognize that the time has come to pass this. When we have now government taking the highest proportion of the gross domestic product in taxes that it has ever taken in our Nation's history, it seems to me very clear that the signal being sent by Republicans and by Democrats is that it is time to enact a constitutional tax limitation.

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Discussing the need for a supermajority requirement to raise taxes.

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