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Jack Kingston: “I asked that question because I just want you to really think about this. Should we not all, as a body, be outraged that…”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1996
I asked that question because I just want you to really think about this. Should we not all, as a body, be outraged that the President, during that 3-week grace period, under the agreed handshake of, yes, I will put a 7-year balanced budget on the table by December 15, should we not all be outraged that he did not; rather than outraged at Newt Gingrich because the Government is closed down, when, in fact, the President of the United States has as much to do with it, if not more?
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Jack Kingston
Georgia
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing accountability for the government shutdown and the President's role in budget negotiations.

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