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Byron Dorgan: The reason I come back to the 1993 vote is that it was so controversial and so difficult for so many people. There were…

On the recordFebruary 3, 1998
The reason I come back to the 1993 vote is that it was so controversial and so difficult for so many people. There were people here who said, ``If you do this, if you pass this bill that makes a fundamental change in fiscal policy, you are going to cause a train wreck and you are going to run this country into a depression.''... We ought not to decide, the minute the budget picture looks better and we are headed in the right direction, that we are going to provide more tax breaks or more spending.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the impact of the 1993 fiscal policy changes during Senate debate.

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