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On the recordJanuary 5, 1996
If by January 26 the President of the United States submits a balanced budget in 7 years, scored by the neutral Congressional Budget Office, then we will agree to open up the entire Government 100 percent. Mr. Speaker, that means at that point that both parties have their budget on the table or in the process of negotiating. That is the bottom line. That is how simple it is. That is how to reduce a day of very complicated transactions into one line. Give us a balanced budget agreement or proposal scored by the neutral Congressional Budget Office and we will agree to open up the Government.
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Donald Manzullo
Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing a proposal to open the government contingent on a balanced budget submission by the President.

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