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Steve King: “A balanced budget amendment would bring that discipline. That's what the president fears. If he opposes a balanced…”

On the recordOctober 8, 2013
A balanced budget amendment would bring that discipline. That's what the president fears. If he opposes a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution, I realize he doesn't get to vote on it. But if he opposes it and says I won't negotiate with you under any circumstance like that, he's saying I never want to see the federal government compelled to live within its means.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Steve King argues that a balanced budget amendment is necessary for fiscal discipline and criticizes the president's stance on it.

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