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Ted Cruz: “I was the second U.S. senate candidate in the country to…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Discussing Limited Government with Blogger Matt Dowling

Published | Video Starts at 02:32

That's what compromise means. My position from day one is that I support cut, cap and balance. I was the second U.S. senate candidate in the country to sign the cut, cap and balance pledge. And I think by far the most important component of it is number three, that Congress pass a strong balanced budget amendment, a balanced budget amendment that requires a super majority to raise taxes and that limits spending to a percentage of gdp. (02:32–02:38)

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