Mike Thompson: “As I understood the concern of the Senator from Maryland it is that for each action anywhere within the fiscal year we…”

“As I understood the concern of the Senator from Maryland it is that for each action anywhere within the fiscal year we would have to get a three-fifths vote together immediately to take any action. However, I was under the impression that that was not the case; that subsequent to any action, any time within the fiscal year, Congress would have the option to ratify the action or perhaps take other measures that might counterbalance it. In other words, there would not be a succession of crises all along the way. The obligation would be to have a balance at the end of the fiscal year.”