[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 12 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H414-H415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   KEEP THE SUPER MAJORITY PROVISION IN THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, it has been interesting to hear the 
arguments by the keepers of the old order with 
[[Page H415]] reference to a super majority provision in a balanced 
budget amendment. Some point out that even when it comes to treaties in 
the other body, a super majority is required there, but that is a very, 
very special case.
  Taking into account that treaties are quite properly the purview of 
the other body, let me ask this, Mr. Speaker: What is a treaty, after 
all, if not a compact or a contract?
  I humbly propose that our Contract With America is in essence a peace 
treaty with the hard-working, taxpaying men and women of this country, 
saying that a super majority should be required to increase taxes. Let 
us move forward on the balanced budget amendment and enact the Contract 
With America.

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