From: etc@po.CWRU.Edu (Emil T. Chuck) Subject: Dirty Rotten (Democratic) Scoundrels Re: Balanced Budget Amendment - Too Bad.... Date: 10 Mar 1995 14:17:27 GMT In a previous article, pjm@anegada.sps.mot.com (Patrick J. McGuinness) says: >I would like the list of the Democrat turncoats who voted for >it last year, but against it this. You want it? You got it!!! #From ab458@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu Thu Mar 9 07:46:25 1995 #Message-Id: <199503091246.HAA09511@piglet.INS.CWRU.Edu> #Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 07:46:22 -0500 #From: ab458@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ronald Hritz) #Subject: RNC - Briefing 3/6 #Reply-To: ab458@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ronald Hritz) News from the Republican National Committee. -------------------------------------------- MONDAY RNC BRIEFING March 6, 1995 This week's briefing focuses on the balanced budget amendment. Senate Democrats who voted against the amendment ignored the will of the American people to support the interests of Bill Clinton. [edited] FOCUS: The Balanced Budget Amendment Vote "I'm very disappointed today in the United States Senate--not in the American people, but in the United States Senate and particularly the Democrats who have made this a political game. Less than 30 percent of Democrats voted for the balanced budget amendment today; 98 percent of the Republicans did." -- Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Congressional Record, 3/2/95 "Clinton, the liberal Democrats in the Senate and the big- spending special interests might have succeeded in stopping passage of the balanced budget amendment, but the voters will have the last word." -- RNC Chairman Haley Barbour, 3/2/95 Democrat Hypocrisy After more than a month of debate, the balanced budget amendment was narrowly defeated by a single vote in the Senate last week. Fifty-two Republicans and 14 Democrats supported the measure. After arm-twisting from the Clinton White House and liberal Democrat Party leaders, six Senate Democrats who had voted for the balanced budget amendment last year switched their votes and killed the amendment. Who are the senators who put Bill Clinton and the Democrat Party above the interests of their constituents? "I am convinced that it [the balanced budget amendment] is the right thing to do and the necessary thing to do." -- North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan, who voted for the BBA in 1994 and ran a campaign ad in 1992 that claimed "I'm working for a constitutional amendment that forces a balanced budget." Congressional Record, 2/25/94 "I support a balanced budget amendment and always have." -- Kentucky Sen. Wendell Ford, who voted for the BBA in 1986 and 1994. Congressional Record, 3/1/94 "There are many in this body who believe that amending the Constitution is very strong medicine, perhaps too strong. I have listened very carefully to those arguments. But I have come to the conclusion that without the strong medicine the patient is not going to heal." -- California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who voted for the BBA in 1994 and ran a campaign ad last year touting her "courageous votes for the balanced budget amendment." Congressional Record, 2/24/94 "As a senator from South Dakota, I fear what a future of mounting national debt will do to the quality of life of the people I represent and to the standing of our country in the world. For these reasons, I will vote in favor of a balanced budget amendment. ... I believe the time has come to amend the Constitution so it reflects another important principle--the principle that government should not spend beyond its means. ... It is imperative that this [fiscal responsibility] concept be once and for all enshrined in the Constitution." -- South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle, who voted for the BBA in 1994 and made his support for the amendment a central issue in his 1986 campaign. Congressional Record, 3/1/94. "By writing a balanced budget amendment into the basic law of the land, we will compel Washington to do its job. No more weaseling. No more excuses. Just make the hard choices and balance the budget. And do not be surprised when a balanced U.S. budget turns out to be the best economic growth program this country has ever seen." -- South Carolina Sen. Ernest Hollings, who voted for the BBA in 1986 and 1994. Congressional Record, 3/1/94. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) campaigned on the balanced budget amendment, saying he would stand up to the big spenders in Washington. He voted for the amendment in both 1986 and 1994. RNC Launches New Ad Campaign On Saturday, the RNC launched a radio ad campaign targeting the six Democrats who switched their votes and killed the balanced budget amendment. The ads inform the senators' constituents of the flip-flop. Voice-over of the ad running in South Dakota "Doesn't it make you mad when a politician breaks his promises? Then, listen to Tom Daschle's campaign ad: '... His first official act was to sponsor a constitutional amendment to balance the budget.' Candidate Tom Daschle promised us he'd support the balanced budget amendment. But on March 2, Sen. Daschle broke his promise and cast the deciding vote to kill the balanced budget amendment. Tom Daschle supported Bill Clinton's desperate attempt to kill the balanced budget amendment. Yes, just last year, he voted for the same amendment. So, why did Tom Daschle flip-flop? Ask him. There's still hope. There will be another vote on the balanced budget amendment. Call Tom Daschle at 202-224-3121. Tell him to put South Dakotans ahead of Bill Clinton. Tell him it's time he lived up to his word." [end quote] -- etc@po.cwru.edu Emil Thomas Chuck Adam "the Gatekeeper": How do you keep the one you love? Dr. Joel Fleischmann: You don't. [NX -- 2/8/95] Departments of Genetics (CWRU) and Pediatric Cardiology (RB&C)