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Article: GOP won't mandates provision in budget amendment. (unfunded mandates, balanced budget amendment, Congressional Republicans)
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- The Bond Buyer
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- December 12, 1994
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WASHINGTON - Congressional Republican leaders are refusing to include a provision in their proposed balanced budget amendment that would protect states from so-called unfunded mandates, Republican staff members said Friday.
Their decision comes despite recent warnings from state and local groups that the states will not ratify the amendment unless it protects them from being forced to pay the cost of new federal requirements.
Republican leaders, who informed GOP governors of their intentions, said they have the votes in Congress to pass a straight balanced budget amendment, but cannot guarantee passage if it includes an unfunded mandates provision, said ...