Last Action:
03/08/2011 H Referred to State Sovereignty, Select
Council Document:
82R 2252 CBE-D
Caption Version:
Engrossed
Caption Text:
Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States and, in the event that Congress does not submit such an amendment on or before December 31, 2011, applying to Congress to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to that constitution to provide, in the absence of a national emergency and on a two-thirds vote of Congress, for a federal balanced budget and requesting that the legislatures of each of the several states that compose the United States apply to Congress to call a convention to propose such an amendment.
Author:
Ogden | Shapiro
Coauthor:
Eltife | Fraser | Nichols | Patrick
Subjects:
Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)
Resolutions--United States Constitution (I0670)
BALANCED BUDGET (S0112)
Companion:
Senate Committee:
Senate Committee Status:
Out of committee
Senate Committee Vote:
Ayes=7 Nays=2 Present Not Voting=0 Absent=0
House Committee:
House Committee Status:
In committee