Bob Dole: “let me indicate that round one of the balanced budget effort has been disposed of. But there will be other rounds. Our…”

“let me indicate that round one of the balanced budget effort has been disposed of. But there will be other rounds. Our new Republican colleague, Senator Campbell, when he was talking to some of the reporters, was saying the thing that really made the decision for him was the balanced budget amendment and the games that are being played with the balanced budget amendment and those who one year vote one way and the next year vote another way on the balanced budget amendment. As I said in my remarks yesterday, it seems to me that this issue should not and will not go away. We will proceed on the basis that the balanced budget amendment will be passed. We will see how many are willing to make the tough votes--we hope a majority on both sides of the aisle--and we will see about Social Security and some of the other smokescreens that were talked about during the debate. But I would just assure my colleagues that this issue--and it is an issue and will continue to be an issue because 80 percent of the American people have told us that they want a balanced budget amendment. We have told them we do not care what you want, we know what is best. A minority of 34 knows what is best, even though a majority of 80 percent have a different view. So I am excited about the prospects of taking this case to the American people for the next 3 months, 4 months, 6 months, 8 months, 10 months, a year, 16 months, whatever it takes because it is that important.”