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On the recordSeptember 18, 2023
What is a balanced budget? Isn't it simply a budget that doesn't require us to borrow?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock questions the definition of a balanced budget in the context of proposed amendments.

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