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On the recordJanuary 25, 1995
I would ask the gentlewoman, as we sit here in the bastion of Federal spending, Washington, DC, would the gentlewoman care to venture, based on her conversations with the folks back home, about what their feelings are about putting a tax limitation on the balanced budget amendment?
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Randy Forbes
Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Questioning a colleague about constituents' views on tax limitations related to the balanced budget amendment.

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