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Tom McClintock: “Why not just say no more borrowing, except by extraordinary majority vote of the Congress, say three-fourths of the…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
Why not just say no more borrowing, except by extraordinary majority vote of the Congress, say three-fourths of the Congress, for a single object or work?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock suggests limiting borrowing to extraordinary circumstances requiring a supermajority vote.

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