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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

ON

S.J. Res. 5

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION RELATING TO FEDERAL BUDGET PROCEDURES

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LOS ANGELES, CA
DECEMBER 12, 1983

WASHINGTON, DC

MARCH 6, 1984

Serial No. J-98-88

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, chairman,

Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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1, 91

Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina,
chairman, Committee on the Judiciary

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Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa
Dole, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas.....

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PROPOSED LEGISLATION

Senate Joint Resolution 5, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the

Constitution relating to Federal budget procedures.........

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1983

Wilson, Hon. Pete, a U.S. Senator from the State of California...

Davidson, James D., chairman, National Taxpayers Union, Washington, DC.

Dannemeyer, Hon. William E., a U.S. Representative from the State of Cali-

fornia

Uhler, Lewis K., president of the National Tax Limitation Committee

Ash, Roy, Committee for Economic Development, Committee for a Responsi-

ble Federal Budget.

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Noonan, Prof. John T., Jr., University of California Berkeley Law School

McEntee, Gerald W., president, American Federation of State, County and

Municipal Employees, Washington, DC, accompanied by Steve Silbiger, leg-

islative analyst......

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Hopper, Martyn B., National Federation of Independent Business.

Johnson, Richard, California Chamber of Commerce.

Jones, Carl, legislative director, Congress of California Seniors

Gamper, John, associate director, governmental affairs, California Farm

Bureau Federation

Shaw, George C., vice president, California Teachers Association, affiliate of

the National Education Association.....

Goldstein, Prof. Robert, UCLA School of Law, appearing on behalf of the

southern California region of the American Jewish Congress.....

Stubblebine, William Craig, professor of political economy, Claremont McKen-

na College, director of the Center for the Study of Law Structures, Clare-

mont McKenna College, Claremont, CA....

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1984

Uhler, Lewis K., president, National Tax Limitation Committee; Carol Cox,

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; Steven A. Reiss, Committee

on Federal Legislation, Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and

James D. Davidson, National Taxpayers Union

Flowers, Langdon, representing the National Association of Manufacturers......

Simmons, Althea T.L., director, Washington Bureau, National Association for

the Advancement of Colored People........

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Tarr-Whelan, Linda, director, government relations, National Education Asso-

ciation..

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