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Byron Dorgan: Isn't our balanced budget amendment a gimmick? Isn't yours real, the one offered by the Senator from Utah? The answer, I…

On the recordFebruary 12, 1997
Isn't our balanced budget amendment a gimmick? Isn't yours real, the one offered by the Senator from Utah? The answer, I would say to the Senator from Utah, is, it is now 6:27. If at 6:28 we pass and all the States ratify your proposal, at 6:29 will there have been one penny difference in the Federal debt or the Federal deficit? The answer is ``No.''
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Debating the effectiveness of balanced budget amendments.

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