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On the recordDecember 18, 1989
I challenged the Congress to 'pass a truly clean reconciliation bill that produces real deficit reduction -- without new taxes, without spending measures that increase the deficit in the future, and without scoring gimmicks.'
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Statement on Signing the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989

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