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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... financial rewards through inflation since taxpayers are artificially pushed into higher and higher marginal brackets as their nominal income increases in the meantime , their real income remains the same , or less . As a result of this ...
... financial rewards through inflation since taxpayers are artificially pushed into higher and higher marginal brackets as their nominal income increases in the meantime , their real income remains the same , or less . As a result of this ...
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... financial affairs of our Nation . I believe that the best way for relief is through a constitutional amendment of the type that is proposed by Senate Joint Resolution 6 . I'll briefly discuss that amendment now . I'll briefly outline ...
... financial affairs of our Nation . I believe that the best way for relief is through a constitutional amendment of the type that is proposed by Senate Joint Resolution 6 . I'll briefly discuss that amendment now . I'll briefly outline ...
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... financial matters , so I speak with respect of them . I've supported many of their programs . I'm not trying to abol- ish any of them . I'm not trying to reform them . I'm thinking about future protection for our legislative system . By ...
... financial matters , so I speak with respect of them . I've supported many of their programs . I'm not trying to abol- ish any of them . I'm not trying to reform them . I'm thinking about future protection for our legislative system . By ...
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... financing . This resolution , which I introduced on January 15th , is co - sponsored by Senators Young , Goldwater ... financial history of this nation for the past 25 years and my strong sense of fiscal responsibility 14 Prepared ...
... financing . This resolution , which I introduced on January 15th , is co - sponsored by Senators Young , Goldwater ... financial history of this nation for the past 25 years and my strong sense of fiscal responsibility 14 Prepared ...
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... financial resources of the government . It would absolutely force the Congress to make hard and difficult fiscal ... financing . A constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget would serve as a check and constraint on Federal ...
... financial resources of the government . It would absolutely force the Congress to make hard and difficult fiscal ... financing . A constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget would serve as a check and constraint on Federal ...
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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.