Update: House to Vote on Balanced Budget Amendment

Statement

The House will vote this week on a Balanced Budget Amendment, H. J. Res 2, which is the same amendment that passed the House in 1995. This resolution would require that Congress not spend more than it receives and would require the President to send a balanced budget to Congress each year. Limited exceptions exist for times of war or other emergencies in which case three-fifths of each of the House and Senate would have to vote to borrow money. I am a cosponsor of H. J. Res. 2, which has 241 bipartisan supporters in the House. This is a common sense solution to eliminate our budget deficit and force Congress to make tough spending decisions every year rather than continually piling debt on the backs of our children and grandchildren. I've seen how effective a Balanced Budget Amendment can be in controlling government spending from my time as Majority Leader in the Virginia House of Delegates. Washington needs the same discipline, and I hope my colleagues in the House will join me in support of a Balanced Budget Amendment.

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