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Harry Reid: “Does the Senator recall that the Senators on the floor offered our own constitutional amendment to balance the budget…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1999
Does the Senator recall that the Senators on the floor offered our own constitutional amendment to balance the budget that said we want to balance the budget the hard way, the honest way, and we do not want to use Social Security surpluses? We offered that amendment and the Republicans, all but two of them, voted against it; is that right?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing a constitutional amendment to balance the budget during Senate debate.

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