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On the recordMarch 7, 2012
Unless each Congress--regardless of party affiliation--is forced to make the decisions necessary to create a balanced budget, the temptation will always be there for Congress to spend more than it receives in revenues.
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Bill Keating
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Keating stresses the importance of a Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment.

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