Word: ornstein
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...means to do so." He may have a point. Opponents voice philosophical and practical objections. Adoption of the amendment, they say, would amount to writing into the Constitution a hotly disputed economic theory, one that posits budget deficits as the root of all fiscal evil. Asserts Political Scientist Norman Ornstein of Catholic University: "The Constitution is not supposed to make economic policy." Some 80 economists, led by Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson, have signed an open letter to members of Congress contending that the amendment would rob the Government of needed flexibility in adjusting spending and tax plans. There are doubts...
Following John Kennedy's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson en joyed a burst of support from the Congress he knew so well, but that romance lasted only 18 months. Says Political Scientist Ornstein: "We have never had sustained congressional-presidential unity for even one full term...