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Bobby Scott: “Requiring a super majority may be good policy for some Members for some reasons, but suggesting that it will help…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2014
Requiring a super majority may be good policy for some Members for some reasons, but suggesting that it will help balance the budget is absolutely absurd.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Scott critiques the idea that supermajority requirements aid in budget balancing.

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