Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Balance the Federal Budget: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 621 pages |
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... dollars would lead one to believe otherwise . Most of the reduction in the deficit level proposed by Congress is ... dollar wanes in value , and the pro- ductivity and innovativeness of the American economy continues to be sluggish . In ...
... dollars would lead one to believe otherwise . Most of the reduction in the deficit level proposed by Congress is ... dollar wanes in value , and the pro- ductivity and innovativeness of the American economy continues to be sluggish . In ...
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... dollars for their relatively narrow constituency , the taxpayer stands to lose nothing more than a few cents or a few dollars apiece on any single program . It is only when these programs are aggregated that the taxpayer begins to feel ...
... dollars for their relatively narrow constituency , the taxpayer stands to lose nothing more than a few cents or a few dollars apiece on any single program . It is only when these programs are aggregated that the taxpayer begins to feel ...
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... dollar , but it has lost so much more now that we need these added millions of dollars since 9 o'clock . And I looked at my watch , and it was only 11 o'clock then . So they were giving us a 2 hourly report on how much they'd have to ...
... dollar , but it has lost so much more now that we need these added millions of dollars since 9 o'clock . And I looked at my watch , and it was only 11 o'clock then . So they were giving us a 2 hourly report on how much they'd have to ...
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... dollars . That was scoffed at by some of the press . The Pentagon had estimates - computers were just beginning to come in . They got so hot behind me that I thought I might be mistaken . But that first billion came a year earlier than ...
... dollars . That was scoffed at by some of the press . The Pentagon had estimates - computers were just beginning to come in . They got so hot behind me that I thought I might be mistaken . But that first billion came a year earlier than ...
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... dollars ] Totals at the end of fiscal years : Totals at the end of fiscal years : 1900___ 1 1942 . 79 1901 . 1 1943- 143 . 1902 1 1944 . 204 1903 . 1 1945 . 260 1904 1 1946- 271 1905_ . 1 1947 . 257 1906_ . 1 1948 . 252 1907- 1 1949 ...
... dollars ] Totals at the end of fiscal years : Totals at the end of fiscal years : 1900___ 1 1942 . 79 1901 . 1 1943- 143 . 1902 1 1944 . 204 1903 . 1 1945 . 260 1904 1 1946- 271 1905_ . 1 1947 . 257 1906_ . 1 1948 . 252 1907- 1 1949 ...
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Page 227 - It is made for people of fundamentally differing views, and the accident of our finding certain opinions natural and familiar or novel and even shocking ought not to conclude our judgment upon the question whether statutes embodying them conflict with the Constitution of the United States.
Page 200 - Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies ; but upon a combination of these, with the probable exigencies of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs.
Page 64 - Such term does not include authority to insure or guarantee the repayment of indebtedness incurred by another person or government.
Page 75 - ... or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of...
Page 448 - English language. 1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled 3 (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol4 lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitu5 tion of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents 6 and purposes as part of the Constitution...
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Page 74 - Resolved that provision ought to be made for the amendment of the Articles of Union whensoever it shall seem necessary, and that the assent of the National Legislature ought not to be required thereto.
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Page 74 - The State Legislatures will not apply for alterations but with a view to increase their own powers. The National Legislature will be the first to perceive and will be most sensible to the necessity of amendments, and ought also to be empowered, whenever two thirds of each branch should concur to call a Convention.
Page 340 - Chairman, may I thank the chairman and the members of the committee for their consideration.