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On the recordJanuary 25, 1995
Would the gentleman agree with that tendency in place, the ability to spend far more than we make and it is escalating at monumental proportions, that if there ever was a time to have a three-fifths majority vote it is now, and could you comment on the likelihood of balancing the budget with tax increases if we don't have the three-fifths majority?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for a three-fifths majority vote to control federal spending.

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