On the recordMarch 26, 1996
Well, as I mentioned a few minutes ago, and it may be worth just going through the list of those States whose Senators, if they happen to decide to coalesce in opposition because small States might be affected in some way or other, States that could effectively block any future tax legislation if this were in the Constitution, because if you add up the Senators from Vermont, Delaware, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Nevada, Maine, Hawaii, Idaho, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, and West Virginia, that is more than one-third of the Senate, represents about 9 percent of the population of the country, and that group of Senators would be in a position to call the shots. Now, I do not know whether that comports with the gentleman's sense of adherence to the fundamental principles of this democratic, small ``r,'' republican, but it certainly offends mine.
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