George Bush Sr. in Stand For Something, by John Kasich


On Budget & Economy: OpEd: Bush budget was terrible but Dems budget was worse

I was overwhelmed because both 1989 budgets were deeply flawed proposals. Bush the First, his budget was terrible. And the Democratic budget was even worse. So I went back to my office and announced to my staff that we would write our own budget.

In 1989 there was offered on the House floor the President's budget, and the Democrats' rebuttal budget, and the Kasich budget. A budget needs 218 votes out of a possible 435 to win passage, and the party in power always tends to prevail in these things. We voted first on the Democratic budget. They were in the majority at that time, and they received 230 votes. Then we voted on the Bush budget, which received 213 votes, falling just short. The Kasich budget received 30 votes of approval.

Every year I offered my own budget for consideration, and my 3rd or 4th year my budget received more votes than the President got for his budget.

Source: Stand For Something, by John Kasich, p. 84-86 May 10, 2006

The above quotations are from Stand For Something:
The Battle for America's Soul
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by Rep. John Kasich.
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The Battle for America's Soul
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