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Cord Byrd: “The Congress reduced Mr. Reagan's budgets in some of those years, in some of the Reagan years. Going back to 1945, the…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 1995
The Congress reduced Mr. Reagan's budgets in some of those years, in some of the Reagan years. Going back to 1945, the accumulated requests of all the Presidents exceeded the accumulated appropriations by the Congress--exceeded the accumulated appropriations by the Congress--over that same period. But precisely under Mr. Reagan, I say again, the Congress did not exceed his budgets in every year. In fact, in some years Congress appropriated less than the budget requests.
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Cord Byrd
Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing budget appropriations during the Reagan administration.

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