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Landry's Pressure Pays Off: Balanced Budget Amendment Added to Debt Ceiling Vote

Statement

Date: July 29, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

After a closed door meeting in Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy's office where Congressman Jeff Landry (R, LA-03) and a coalition of conservative patriots pressured House leadership to add the passage of a balanced budget amendment to the Budget Control Act of 2011, Landry issued the following statement:

"By standing firm, we were able to get a bill that actually cuts federal spending now, caps future spending, and ensures a Balanced Budget Amendment passes Congress before the second increase is enacted. The American people have strongly renewed their November calls of bringing fiscal sanity to Washington. I am blessed to be a vehicle driving their wishes to fruition. A balanced budget amendment will finally force Congress to live within its means just like families across the country do. This plan is not a Washington deal, but a real solution to fundamentally change the way Washington operates."


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