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Max Baucus: “That is the point I was going to make, revenue bills, yes. Appropriations bills are not required in the Constitution.…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2002
That is the point I was going to make, revenue bills, yes. Appropriations bills are not required in the Constitution. However, it has been a matter of tradition for years.
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Max Baucus
Democratic · Montana

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Discussing the constitutional requirements for revenue and appropriations bills.

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