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75Newt, Bob: Just Balance the Budget
It would be great folly for Congress -- and the states (which must ratify amendments by a two-thirds vote) -- to clutter up the Constitution with amendments that thoughtlessly change the balance of power that is now finely balanced among the three branches of government.
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54Budget Proposal Is Unbalanced
A balanced budget amendment, whenever proposed, is a bad idea. Budget problems abound, but a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget is not the answer. Our legislators already have the power to balance the budget and can do so at any time.
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61Did the Voters Buy a GOP Pig in a Poke?
Newt Gingrich, the freewheeling loose cannon who was elected Speaker of the House in 1995, used his position to lord it over the Democrats by bulldozing his so-called "Contract With America" through the lower legislative body of Congress. In the end, it failed.
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