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Joe Barton: “What would happen tomorrow on the House floor if three-fourths of the Republicans present and voting voted for tax…”

On the recordApril 21, 1998
What would happen tomorrow on the House floor if three-fourths of the Republicans present and voting voted for tax limitation and 63 percent of the Democrats present and voting voted for tax limitation? Would that be enough to pass this constitutional amendment and send it to the Senate for a vote?
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the potential support for a tax limitation constitutional amendment.

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