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On the recordJuly 19, 2011
What defies logic is a $14 trillion debt and the Democrats' unwillingness to say let's do what everyone else has to do. Let's put a balanced budget requirement in the Constitution so that politicians have to do what they have to do in their homes. Obviously, the other route didn't work. So what part of $14 trillion don't you understand? What part of balancing the budget don't you understand?
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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