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Bobby Scott: “I think if you repealed the 16th and 17th Amendment, a balanced budget amendment would probably become not unnecessary.”

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
I think if you repealed the 16th and 17th Amendment, a balanced budget amendment would probably become not unnecessary.
Said by
Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Scott suggests that repealing certain amendments could make a balanced budget amendment less needed.

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