NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Budget Amendment Opposed by Foley
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House Speaker Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) said a proposed constitutional amendment requiring balanced budgets would bring crisis. Foley, appearing on ABC’s “This Week with David Brinkley,” said a proposed amendment requiring that the budget be balanced unless three-fifths of the Congress votes for a deficit would overturn majority rule and enable special interest minorities to demand concessions in return for contributing to the vote.
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