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HAMDT 18 (104th)

An amendment in the nature of a substitute similar to the provisions of H. J. Res. 1, but without the requirement of a three-fifths vote to raise taxes. The substitute would instead require a three-fifths vote to raise the debt ceiling and increase deficit spending. These restrictions could be waived during times of war, military conflict, or upon the adoption of a joint resolution, upon notification by the President that the national rate of unemployment is projected to exceed 4%. (Text of the amendment was printed in the Congressional Record on January 17, 1994 as amendment No. 4.).