81. And we can do that within a balanced budget. 82. And while resolute about a balanced budget, he is not politically suicidal. 83. Approve a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. 84. Approval of the measure is a crucial way station on the road to the grander Republican goal of a balanced budget amendment. 85. Argentina has pledged to achieve a balanced budget both this year and next in its latest letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund. 86. As a legislator, he generally hewed to conservative principles, opposing tax increases and supporting a balanced budget. 87. As a practical matter, adoption of the Social Security measure would make it impossible to show a balanced budget by early in the next century. 88. As a representative, Torricelli voted for a balanced budget amendment three times. 89. As a result, the government operates under a balanced budget. 90. As a consequence, the spending cuts needed to predict a balanced budget using administration figures are much smaller than those needed using the congressional numbers. |