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Rand Paul: I would like to know why the president doesn't want to balance the budget or doesn't want a balanced budget amendment to…

On the recordJuly 5, 2011
I would like to know why the president doesn't want to balance the budget or doesn't want a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul questions the president's opposition to a balanced budget amendment.

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