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strongest arguments for Congressional approval of a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. Before the Constitution can be amended, 38 state legislatures must ratify any proposed amendment. I believe the taxpayers of this country ought to have the chance to decide whether we have a Balanced Budget Amendment.
The amendment I voted for stipulated that the Federal government’s total outlays cannot exceed total receipts in any given fiscal year, except in times of declared war. A three-fifths “super majority” would be required to override this requirement.
In addition, I supported a substitute provision that would have required a three-fifths, roll-call vote on any bill to raise taxes. Although this tax limitation provision also failed, I believe that taxpayers need this added assurance that their Congressman will look to spending cuts rather than more tax hikes in order to balance the budget.
The Congress rarely has such a clear-cut opportunity to vote for financial soundness and against the nightmare of an insurmountable public debt. But as long as the Congress continues to run yearly deficits, I and my like-minded colleagues will continue to push for adoption of
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