Political Quotes

“I congratulate the distinguished Senator from Louisiana on the statement that he has just made and also on the stand that he has taken. He mentions the danger, the utter folly of doing something here that would allow the courts, that would result in the courts interjecting themselves into the balancing of Federal budgets. Does he not also feel that the amendment not only runs the terrible risk of having the judiciary in this country get involved in levying taxes and appropriations, but also, under the amendment, the President, be he Republican or Democrat or Independent, the Executive will decide matters of taxation and appropriations as well, the power of the purse? The President's advisers would certainly advise him, I should think, not as they have heretofore, that he 'has the inherent power as Commander in Chief,' but once this amendment is welded into the Constitution, would they not then say, 'Well, Mr. President, the Constitution now says that outlays shall not exceed receipts.'”