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Jerry Nadler: Let me start off by saying that it is hard for me to imagine a more pernicious proposal than the balanced budget…

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
Let me start off by saying that it is hard for me to imagine a more pernicious proposal than the balanced budget amendment.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler criticizes the balanced budget amendment as harmful and undemocratic.

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