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Article: Remarks luncheon honoring gubernatorial candidate Glenn Poshard in Chicago. (Bill Clinton)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- September 28, 1998
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September 25, 1998
Thank you. I don't think Glenn can hear us, but I want to say that if I were a school principal today, I would happily give him an excused absence from this lunch - [laughter] - because I, too, wanted him to be in Washington. Finally, after almost 9 months now, 8 months, of virtual complete inaction, some votes are being cast in Congress. And I think this decision that is before the Congress today is terribly important.
We're quite close to an election. In a week we'll have the first balanced budget and surplus we've had in 29 years. And the majority party wants to make everybody happy close to an election by passing a tax cut. And believe ...