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BUDGET AMENDMENT'S FATE IN SENATE RESTS WITH SINGLE VOTE.


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The balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution teetered on the brink Tuesday Tuesday: see week.  as a pivotal Democratic freshman endorsed the measure and one final uncommitted senator weighed a make-or-break decision.

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 the right thing to do,'' Sen. Mary Landrieu Mary Loretta Landrieu (born November 23, 1955) is the Senior Democratic United States senator from the state of Louisiana, as well as the first, and as of 2007, only woman from that state to be elected to the Senate. , D-La., said in announcing she would vote for the Republican-crafted measure despite reservations.

Barring any last-minute switches, Landrieu's decision appeared to leave the fate of the amendment in the hands of Sen. Bob Torricelli, D-N.J., who pledged to disclose his decision today.

Torricelli supported the measure two years ago in the House. He has been uncommitted since his election to the Senate in November, even as the White House and Democratic leaders have lobbied him to oppose the measure now.

And at day's end, the White House addressed one of Torricelli's concerns when it quietly announced creation of a presidential commission to study capital budgeting.

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 of the moment,'' Torricelli said as he pondered his decision.
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Date:Feb 26, 1997
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