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To: jlallen who wrote (878956)	8/10/2015 7:20:23 AM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586265

The GOP Congress balanced the budget.... ...and you are a Fox programed dolt ..your silly ass version of history, as only a marginally literate person would continue to spin, is totally wrong ..educate yourself, but the funny thing is that even when you do know better, you will continue to spout that lie, because like everything else in your echo chamber, all that is allowed in is what you want to believe here are the facts... ..the legislation that resulted in the balanced budget was known as the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 Ultimately every Republican in Congress voted against the bill, as did a number of Democrats. Vice President Al Gore broke a tie in the Senate on both the Senate bill and the conference report. The House bill passed 219-213 on Thursday, May 27, 1993. The House passed the conference report on Thursday, August 5, 1993, by a vote of 218 to 216 (217 Democrats and 1 independent ( Sanders (I-VT)) voting in favor; 41 Democrats and 175 Republicans voting against). The Senate passed the conference report on the last day before their month's vacation, on Friday, August 6, 1993, by a vote of 51 to 50 (50 Democrats plus Vice President Gore voting in favor, 6 Democrats ( Lautenberg (D-NJ), Bryan (D-NV), Nunn (D-GA), Johnston (D-LA), Boren (D-OK), and Shelby (D-AL) now (R-AL)) and 44 Republicans voting against). President Clinton signed the bill on August 10, 1993. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation_Act_of_1993

To: jlallen who wrote (878956)	8/12/2015 9:16:24 PM
From: RMF	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586265

Well....we've got a Republican House now and a Republican Senate now and I don't see any balanced budgets coming any time soon from THIS group. Clinton was a HECK of a more savvy politician than Obama ever could be but apparently you thought Congress could BEND him to their will, but now with Obama you seem to think Congress can't do ANYTHING... You want to tell me again (with an explanation) that Clinton WASN'T responsible for our LAST surpluses??