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Orrin Hatch: I believe there is no question that they would do a better job, because there won't be the same number of games played…

On the recordFebruary 12, 1997
I believe there is no question that they would do a better job, because there won't be the same number of games played on budget matters if everybody knows that we have the constraint of either balancing the budget, or voting on a supermajority not to balance it. We all have to face our electorate. Right now, we do a lot of these things for by voice votes and other shenanigans that help to cause these things. But it's apparent in that our current system isn't working. I think your chart makes one of the best arguments for the balanced budget amendment of any chart we have had up here in this whole debate, because it shows that what we are doing right now, and what we have done for 28 solid years, doesn't work.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the need for a balanced budget amendment during a Senate debate.

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