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Ronald Reagan: “We can start by getting the Congress to vote yes or no, up or down, on an amendment to the Constitution that will bring…”

On the recordJune 14, 1987
We can start by getting the Congress to vote yes or no, up or down, on an amendment to the Constitution that will bring an end to deficit spending once and for all.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on the Venice Economic Summit, Arms Control, and the Deficit

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