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Rick Santorum: “If the Senator will yield, in the last sentence, the operative underlined that I see is the word ``can'' require. They…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1995
If the Senator will yield, in the last sentence, the operative underlined that I see is the word ``can'' require. They do not have to do so. But they can. They also have the option, if I understand, to rescind, retroactively tax, or ``by a three-fifths vote''--and you did not read the rest of that, but ``by a three-fifths vote impose a balanced budget.'' So there are options available, are there not, to the Congress and to the President under the balanced budget amendment?
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing options available under the balanced budget amendment during Senate debate.

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