On the recordMay 4, 1989
This budget resolution represents progress on deficit reduction, and it demonstrates that divided government can work. I do not like divided government, but we have to take what we have. We cannot always get what we like.
Robert C. Byrd: “This budget resolution represents progress on deficit reduction, and it demonstrates that divided government can work. I…”
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Speaking against an amendment to a budget resolution compromise between the White House and Congress.
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