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On the recordDecember 8, 2011
If the Congress is consisting of a Senate and House, and the Members of the Senate and House are elected representatives of the people who stand for reelection at regular intervals, and if the American voting public overwhelmingly supports a balanced budget amendment, why haven't we then passed it and given the States an opportunity to ratify such an amendment?
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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Dec 8, 2011

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