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Earl Hutto: “I was talking about the supermajority of the Stenholm balanced budget amendment, because this would be the only way that…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1994
I was talking about the supermajority of the Stenholm balanced budget amendment, because this would be the only way that we would be able to increase the deficit is by a 60-percent vote, and I do not intend to imply that you had a vote, because I understand under your recession clause, you do not have to vote if you have the recession there, period, for two quarters.
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Earl Hutto
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing the implications of the Stenholm balanced budget amendment.

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