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John Thune: “We reform the budget process. We make it a biannual budget…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

Congressional Budget Reform and Policy Discussion with Speaker B

Published August 5, 2010 | Video Starts at 00:39

And they would have to find 10% savings of the deficit every budget cycle. So that would be a second component. And then finally We reform the budget process. We make it a biannual budget process as opposed to an annual one. And so that in the even numbered years, election years, we're doing oversight and trying to find ways to save money rather than spending money, which is what oftentimes happens in election years. (00:39–00:45)

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Asserts the reform of the budget process to a biannual system.

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