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On the recordApril 15, 1997
there is no mystery why we pay taxes in the spring and we vote in the fall, and it is because Washington wants to give the American people as long as possible to forget how high their taxes are before they vote. It is because Washington does not want to have to explain to people why it takes so much of their income and gives so little. It is because Washington does not want to be held accountable for its big wasteful bureaucracies, its bloated programs and never ending growth, and it is because Washington does not want people to notice that their taxes keep going up to pay for this bureaucracy and to keep paying for this waste. ... Today we ought to vote for this constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote in this House.
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John Boehner
Ohio

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Discussing the need for a constitutional amendment to limit tax increases.

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