SUMMITTING WITH THE ENEMY: SENATOR PHIL GRAMM DEFENDS THE BUDGET DEAL

In: Policy review: the journal of American citizenship, Heft 56, S. 44-47

Abstract

SENATOR PHIL GRAMM SURPRISED MANY OF HIS ADMIRERS WHEN HE ENDORSED THE 1990 BUDGET SUMMIT AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ITS TAX INCREASES, AND FAILED TO PUSH STRONGLY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE GRAMM-RUDMAN DEFICIT TARGETS. IN THIS INTERVIEW, HE DEFENDS HIS ROLE IN THE BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSES HIS POLITICAL PRIORITIES FOR 1991.