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Jim Matheson: “I think it's the same threshold that requires us to make a decision to deficit spend. It's the same supermajority for…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2011
I think it's the same threshold that requires us to make a decision to deficit spend. It's the same supermajority for that as well. So I think that what we do is we're putting a requirement in where, if you want to default or if you want to raise the debt limit or if you want to deficit spend, it requires a supermajority. But if you want to pass a budget that is within balance, it doesn't require a supermajority. It requires a simple majority, and that's the way the bill is structured.
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Jim Matheson
Utah
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Nov 17, 2011

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