The date is October 26, 1995 - Future of American Democracy

The Alabama press gave front page coverage to the vote, noting that the national debt was approaching $4.7 trillion. The Associated Press article that most of the papers published, and an editorial in the Montgomery Advertiser the following Sunday, quoted Browder saying the ratification process would foster a "great public debate" that would force Americans "to focus on what they want from ... ................
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