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On the recordJuly 23, 2014
If we pass the balanced budget amendment... it would have turned the 2008 recession into a depression.
Said by
Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler warns that a balanced budget amendment could worsen economic downturns.

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