Congressional concern with reducing the federal budget deficit in the 1980s led to enactment of the so-called Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit-reduction law, which mandated staged cuts in the annual deficit to culminate in a balanced budget in 1993.

• 80年代国会对削减联邦赤字的关注，导致所谓“格兰姆－鲁德曼－荷林斯降低赤字法”的制订，规定逐步降低年度赤字，以期在1993年实现预算的平衡。