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Patrick Leahy: “Frankly, I will say to my friend from Texas or anybody else, if they are not happy with the recommendations being made…”

On the recordMay 1, 1997
Frankly, I will say to my friend from Texas or anybody else, if they are not happy with the recommendations being made by the White House or Democratic Senators or anything else, the Republican Party has a majority of the Members in the House of Representatives, the Republican Party has a majority of the Members in the Senate of the United States. All they have to do, if they have a budget they prefer to anything the President has, is bring it forward and pass it. They have enough votes to pass it. And the President cannot even veto it; it is a budget resolution.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Discussing budgetary responsibilities during Senate floor debate.

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