Balanced Budget Amendment

Senate Rejects Bipartisan Balanced Budget Amendments

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 12.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday rejected two efforts to insert a Balanced Budget Amendment into the U.S. Constitution. Both parties offered v...

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Senate Considering Measure That Could Force Draconian Cuts

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday voted against changing the Constitution to require a balanced budget as Congress hit yet another dead end i...

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Balanced Budget Amendment Fails In House Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican push for a balanced budget amendment that would force massive spending cuts to the country's social safety net die...

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House Set To Take Major Vote

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 01.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — Rejecting the idea Congress can't control its spending impulses, the House turned back a Republican proposal Friday to amend the Co...

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The False "Family Analogy" Argument for a Balanced Budget Amendment

Bob Greenstein | Posted 01.17.2012

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A balanced budget amendment wouldn't align federal budgeting practices with those of families, but it would threaten serious economic harm and create a host of problems for federal services programs.

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Balanced Budget Amendment Follies

Micah Hauptman | Posted 12.12.2011

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Spending and debt remain intrinsic features of a capitalist economy. The key question is, which sector is best positioned to service the debt: families and businesses, or the government?

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Republican Congressmen Will Push For Balanced Budget Amendment

AP | By ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.22.2011

WASHINGTON -- As a "supercommittee" tries to find $1.5 trillion in new deficit cuts this fall, Republicans will be pressing a far more ambitious goal:...

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GOP Town Halls Hit With Progressive Messages

Firedoglake | David Dayen | Posted 10.16.2011

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Two years ago, a concerted effort by a corporate-funded Tea Party movement to get conservatives out to town hall meetings changed the dynamic in Washi...

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S&P Downgrade Reflects Political Divisions That May Be Our Greatest Source of Risk

David Paul | Posted 10.15.2011

One week after the downgrade of the United States bond rating, the markets have returned a verdict of sorts.

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GOP Senator: 'I'm Embarrassed By All Of Us... I've Never Seen A Worse Congress'

Posted 10.10.2011

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Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) talked to people in Saco, Maine about the debt ceiling negotiations Wednesday, and lamented the extreme partisanship that...

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Simon Johnson: Balanced Budget Amendment 'Makes No Sense'

The New York Times | Simon Johnson | Posted 10.02.2011

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Some House and Senate Republicans have pushed hard to include a “balanced budget” constitutional amendment as part of any agreement on a debt ceil...

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Debt Ceiling Deal Angers Progressives, Tea Party

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON — The newly struck debt-ceiling compromise between President Barack Obama and the Republican leaders of Congress represents a histori...

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Avoiding the Danger of a "Clean" BBA

Ken Blackwell | Posted 09.30.2011

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America's problem is our debt, not our debt ceiling. We desperately need a balanced budget amendment to tackle our debt. But a BBA that allows judges to hike taxes would be even worse than the status quo.

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'Sen. Tea Party' Drives Debt Ceiling Fight

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 09.29.2011

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WASHINGTON — He calls himself Sen. Tea Party. That almost says it all about Sen. Jim DeMint's role on the nation's political scene in these ner...

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UPDATE: Boehner Debt Bill Passes House, Dies In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to raise the debt ceiling and cut $22 billion from next year's spending. Passed as ...

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Take Three: Boehner Plan Will Go For A Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans will hold a vote Friday on a revised plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending by $22 billion next year, Majorit...

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Sharron Angle Lashes Out At John McCain

Posted 01.11.2012

Nevada Republican Sharron Angle, who made an unsuccessful run to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election season, lashed out at S...

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McCain: Tea Party-Backed Lawmakers Making 'Foolish' Demands

Posted 09.26.2011

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Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had some harsh words for lawmakers on Capitol Hill insisting their demands be me...

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Senate Defeats Tea Party-Backed Debt Ceiling Plan

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 09.21.2011

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WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Barack Obama Friday night on a deal to make major cuts in federa...

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Harry Reid: Cut, Cap And Balance 'Some Of The Worst Legislation In The History Of This Country'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on Thursday the Cut, Cap and Balance bill passed by the House Tuesday is "some of the w...

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Constitution Check: Must the Next Federal Budget Be Balanced?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 09.20.2011

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It's a safe bet that when the new fiscal year for the federal government begins on October 1, the Constitution will not require a balanced budget. And, probably, neither will it be required of any budget after that.

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Bachmann Makes Bold Promise, Hesitates When Pressed On Issue

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 09.20.2011

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NORWALK, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann promised Wednesday that she would submit only balanced budgets if elected nex...

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The Perils Of A Balanced Budget Amendment

Bill Schneider | Posted 09.18.2011

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The balanced budget vote in Congress again this week is a contest between popular common sense and the informed opinion of the establishment. If you're a politician, you don't want to argue with common sense.

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WATCH: Obama Issues Veto Threat And Poll Has Bad News For Republicans

Posted 09.17.2011

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As debate over raising the nation's deficit limit rages on in Washington, President Barack Obama issued a threat to veto a contentious Tea Party-backe...

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Latest Republican Plan Could Lead To Debt Ceiling Compromise

Posted 09.16.2011

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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican plan to avert a looming U.S. default is a fierce statement of conservative principles that...

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