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Joe Barton: “We allow taxes to increase at the rate the economy is growing without any preconditions, and if in fact Congress wants…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1994
We allow taxes to increase at the rate the economy is growing without any preconditions, and if in fact Congress wants to increase a return greater than that, then we would require a vote that requires 60 percent.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Discussing tax policy and legislative voting requirements.

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