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Kent Conrad: On this question of national economic emergency, it is very interesting that all these arguments about supermajority go…

On the recordFebruary 10, 1997
On this question of national economic emergency, it is very interesting that all these arguments about supermajority go right out the window because they themselves provide for a simple majority in the case of a national security emergency but not in the case of a national economic emergency. That is a fatal flaw in this amendment.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of supermajority requirements in relation to national economic emergencies.

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