On the recordJuly 28, 2011
Speaker -- what I will tell you, he didn't have the votes and they voted on a balanced budget amendment again.
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transcripts.cnn.comJames Carville: “Speaker -- what I will tell you, he didn't have the votes and they voted on a balanced budget amendment again.”
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Carville comments on the Speaker's inability to secure enough votes for the balanced budget amendment.
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