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Hatch budget measure flawed

2012-05-11T01:00:35Z

Sen. Hatch’s proposed Balanced Budget Amendment (S.J. Res. 10, 112th Congress) is problematic: Section 1 of the amendment defines a balanced budget for a given fiscal year as one that the “total outlays ... shall not exceed ...

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U.S. Senate Defeats Two Balanced-Budget Amendment Proposals

2011-12-20T00:05:32Z

(Updates with total number of lawmakers supporting at least one of plans in 14th paragraph.) Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate defeated two proposed constitutional amendments to require the federal government to balance its budget ...

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Roll Call

2011-12-18T03:35:30Z

Vote 1: Stamps to fund breast cancer research: The House has passed a bill (S. 384), sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that would extend the postal service's authority to sell semipostal stamps to raise funds for breast cancer ...

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Small-business owners support balanced-budget amendment

2011-12-15T10:27:04Z

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Today in Congress: Can we leave yet? Oh, and will the government shut down?

2011-12-15T08:25:23Z

The House made its way, business-like, through the conference report on the defense authorization bill (with the indefinite detention provisions), voted on a couple suspension bills, and debated but postponed votes on a few more. The Senate ...

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Today in Congress: Can we leave yet? Oh, and will the government shut down?

2011-12-15T01:00:00Z

...amendment to the Constitution of the United States introduced by Senator Udall (CO): Not Passed: 21-79 2) Passage of S.J.Res.10, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States introduced by Senator Hatch): Not Pas

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HATCH: BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD STOP US FROM SINKING IN "FISCAL QUICKSAND"

2011-12-14T23:07:02Z

Hatch is the lead sponsor of S.J. Res 10, which has garnered the support of all 47 Republicans in the Senate. In remarks on the Senate floor before the vote, Hatch said that "the strong balanced budget amendment offered by the Republicans ...

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Senate defeats two Balanced Budget Amendments to the Constitution

2011-12-14T22:02:37Z

On Wednesday, the Senate defeated two Balanced Budget Amendments to the Constitution. One proposal put forward by Democrats was defeated 21 - 79, while the Republican plan was defeated on a straight party line 47-51 vote. Most Democrats voted against both

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Isakson, Chambliss Vote for Constitutional Amendment to Balance Federal Budget

2011-12-14T16:54:48Z

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 14, 2011) – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today voted for a constitutional amendment requiring Congress to balance the federal budget, a measure aimed at reducing the nation’s ...

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Manchin Votes For Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-12-14T15:07:26Z

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the cosponsor of a commonsense Balanced Budget Amendment, voted today to force the federal government to live within its means, just like families, businesses and states in every corner of this ...

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Manchin Votes For Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-12-14T15:07:26Z

Senate Defeats Two U.S. Balanced-Budget Amendment Proposals

2011-12-14T13:48:41Z

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate defeated two proposed U.S. constitutional amendments to require the federal government to balance its budget. Lawmakers today rejected rival proposals, one by Democrats and the other by Republicans. The ...

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Democrats block Balanced Budget Admendment

2011-12-14T13:12:54Z

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a leading Senate fiscal conservative, today supported S.J. Res. 10, the Republican proposed Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This measure, which had the support of all 47 Senate ...

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Senate Defeats Balanced-Budget Amendment in First of Two Votes

2011-12-14T12:22:48Z

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate defeated a proposed U.S. constitutional amendment to require the federal government to balance its budget. Lawmakers rejected a Democratic proposal and will vote on a plan offered by Republicans. The Democratic ...

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Alexander Votes For Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-12-14T12:15:38Z

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tn.) on Wednesday released the following statement regarding his vote for S.J. Res. 10, a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution that he cosponsored along with every Republican senator: “Washington has to stop spending .

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Senate Defeats Two Amendment Proposals to Require Balanced Federal Budget

2011-12-14T12:15:38Z

The U.S. Senate defeated two proposed U.S. constitutional amendments to require the federal government to balance its budget. Lawmakers today rejected rival proposals, one by Democrats and the other by Republicans. The Democratic proposal was ...

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Senate Defeats Two Amendment Proposals to Require Balanced Federal Budget

2011-12-14T11:54:10Z

Today in Congress: BBA votes, and the march toward adjournment

2011-12-14T08:55:12Z

The House passed its larded-up payroll tax cut extension bill, now chock full of all sorts of crap, including the Keystone XL pipeline provisions. How much other crap is in there? Read this, if you have the heart. Now, chances are that much of ...

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Today in Congress: BBA votes, and the march toward adjournment

2011-12-14T08:55:12Z

TexMessage: Cornyn, Hutchison push for passage of Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-12-14T04:08:52Z

The bill, S.J.Res 10, creates a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution that would make it unconstitutional for Congress to pass a budget in which the government spent more money than it took in in revenue. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn

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TexMessage: Cornyn, Hutchison push for passage of Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-12-14T04:08:52Z

TexMessage: Cornyn, Hutchison push for passage of Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-12-14T04:01:43Z

Isakson, Chambliss Vote for Constitutional Amendment to Balance Federal Budget

2011-12-14T01:00:00Z

...limit that included a mandate that the House and Senate vote on a balanced budget amendment by the end of the year. S.J.Res.10, which Isakson and Chambliss both co-sponsored, failed in the Senate today by a vote of 47 to 53, with both senators voting in

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Today in Congress: BBA votes, and the march toward adjournment

2011-12-14T01:00:00Z

...the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the following items, en bloc: S.J.Res.10, a Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States introduced by Senator Hatch;

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Hatch calls for balanced budget in Senate speech before vote

2011-12-14T00:48:26Z

(NOTE: U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee. He spoke on S.J. Res 10, a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. Hatch is the lead sponsor of the BBA, which has garnered the support of ...

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Today in Congress: a little balanced budget amendment debate; a little payroll tax hostage taking

2011-12-13T08:27:45Z

The House had a small batch of suspensions to run through yesterday, just to keep the wheels turning. Nothing Earth-shattering. Mostly building namings, and many of the votes were postponed and rescheduled for today. The Senate, by contrast, had ...

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Today in Congress: a little balanced budget amendment debate; a little payroll tax hostage taking

2011-12-13T01:00:00Z

...final half. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the following items, en bloc: S.J.Res.10, Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States introduced by Senator Hatch

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CARDENAS: Balanced budget amendment vote a turning point

2011-12-12T18:58:52Z

The upcoming vote on a balanced budget amendment, authored by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch and Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republicans, may be the most essential policy shift in a generation. For conservatives and anyone concerned about the economic ...

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1,000th Safe Assisted Recovery

2011-12-09T18:55:16Z

CLAREMORE — A national missing persons alert system utilized by the Claremore Police Department recently celebrated a major milestone with its 1,000th successful Safe Assisted Recovery. A Child is Missing Alert (ACIM) is a nationwide non-profit ...

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Claremore man to go to trial for drunk driving deaths

2011-12-09T13:11:40Z

CLAREMORE — A Claremore man accused in the drunk driving deaths of a man and his infant son in June will be going to trial, according to the ruling of a Rogers County judge Wednesday. Keaton Leon Hannah, 18, waived his right to a preliminary hearing ...

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Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe touts balanced budget amendment in GOP address

2011-12-03T06:37:55Z

Like Captain Ahab and the white whale, U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA6) has singlemindedly sought passage of a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Goodlatte has sponsored or cosponsored such an amendment in each Congress since the

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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights Hearing

2011-12-01T13:56:57Z

Estimating the Effects of Spending Cap in S.J. Res 10 and S.J. Res 23 * Veterans disability payments, compensation, and other such benefits would be cut $19 billion in 2018 and $122 billion through 2021. Policymakers need to begin to change our fiscal traj

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What a Downer

2011-11-17T08:15:38Z

The House of Representatives is set to vote on a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. The proposed amendment is disappointing — to say the least. It would restrict the government’s capacity to borrow (but not by much), and it would do nothing

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Cornyn calls for a stronger balanced budget amendment than current House GOP proposal

2011-11-16T13:38:57Z

Sen. John Cornyn implored his colleagues in the House to vote for a strong balanced budget amendment this week — something he does not expect House Republican leaders to do. Speaking at the Heritage Foundation today, Cornyn said that the amendment that .

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Boehner's 'Inexorable' Math Turns Out to Be Lousy Math, too

2011-07-26T01:00:00Z

1 in the form reported on June 23, 2011, SJ Res. 10 in the form introduced on March 31, 2011, or HJ Res. 56 in the form introduced on April 7, 2011, a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, or a similar amendment if it requires that total ...

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Enzi calls for debt policy action instead of debt politics

2011-07-26T01:00:00Z

Enzi is also a cosponsor of SJ Res. 10, a Balanced Budget Amendment. Enzi's 1% bill would balance the budget in the eighth year by reducing government spending each year by a total of 1% as specified by Congress. The bill also places a cap on total ..

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We can and we should pass Cut, Cap, Balance

2011-07-22T01:00:00Z

This year, it is one of my proudest achievements, to have introduced SJ Res. 10 — a Balanced Budget Amendment that is supported by every Republican in this body. It is the strongest Balanced Budget Amendment ever written, one that fundamentally deals ..

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Corker Praises House For Passing Cut, Cap & Balance, Calls On Senate To Do The ...

2011-07-21T01:00:00Z

... to the Corker CAP Act. It would significantly reduce non-defense discretionary spending in 2012 and require passage of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, which Corker and all Senate Republicans have supported separately in SJ Res 10. ...

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Cut, Cap, and Balance: The 2/3 Vote Problem

2011-07-21T01:00:00Z

1 in the form reported on June 23, 2011, SJ Res. 10 in the form 9 introduced on March 31, 2011, or HJ Res. 56 in the form introduced on April 7, 2011, a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, or a similar amendment if it requires that total ...

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The futility of Cut, Cap and Balance, cont’d

2011-07-20T01:00:00Z

On Monday, I posted a cute graphic that the Center for American Progress drew up showing how hard it would be to abide by the spending cap Republicans want to write into the Constitution, which is 18 percent of the previous year’s GDP. The post has attra

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The Balanced Budget Wiggle Room

2011-07-19T01:00:00Z

The House and Senate Balanced Budget Amendments: Not All Balanced Budget ...

2011-07-14T01:00:00Z

56)[8] as a companion measure identical to the Hatch version (SJ Res. 10) on April 6, 2011. The House is expected to move forward on HJ Res. 1. HJ Res. 1, which the House Judiciary Committee approved by a 20–12 vote, reads as follows: Section 1. ...

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Lee, GOP Senators Push for Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

WASHINGTON – the Senate Republican Caucus began a coordinated effort to push for passage of the SJ Res 10, the Hatch Lee Balanced Budget Amendment. Senator Mike Lee, a lead cosponsor of the bill, has consistently championed the need for binding, ...

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Lee GOP Senators Push for Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

Raise the Debt Limit, but Only with Conditions

2011-06-26T01:00:00Z

Last month, I did an analysis of SJ Res. 10 for the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The survey contains a detailed section-by-section analysis of the proposed constitutional amendment, along with a detailed history of the growth in federal spending ...

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Budget, Appropriations

2011-06-23T01:00:00Z

Senate Majority Whip and Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights Richard Durbin (D-IL), said that he will hold hearings on the Senate balanced budget amendment resolution (SJ Res. 10) in response to a ...

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This week in Washington - June 17, 2011

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee Chair Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) announced he will hold hearings on a Republican-sponsored Senate balanced budget amendment resolution (SJ Res. 10). On Thursday, 33 Senate Republicans joined 38 ...

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Are Conservatives & Conservative Organizations in D.C. Actually Feckless Wimps?

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

... any debt limit unless all three of the following conditions are met: (1) substantial cuts in spending; (2) enforceable spending caps; and (3) passage of the Lee-Cornyn-Hatch Balanced Budget Amendment, known as SJ Res. 10 in the Senate and HJ Res. ...

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Balanced Budget Amendment Would Threaten Critical Programs and the Economy

2011-06-17T01:00:00Z

In March, the Senate introduced a similar measure, SJ Res. 10. The disastrous effect of these proposals – even more radical than when a balanced budget amendment (BBA) was last voted on in the mid-1990's – would be to decimate programs that are pa

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Durbin Responds to Judiciary Committee Republicans' Request for Hearings on ...

2011-06-16T01:00:00Z

“As you know, our Subcommittee has jurisdiction over proposed Constitutional amendments, and I will accommodate your request for hearings on SJ Res. 10. This proposed amendment raises a number of serious constitutional and fiscal policy questions that .

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Should the US Constitution have an amendment requiring a balanced budget?

2011-06-14T01:00:00Z

Hatch is the lead sponsor of SJ Res. 10, a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment is intended to limit the growth of government spending by forcing Congress to have a balanced budget. Additionally, the amendment would require a ...

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Cornyn, Hatch & Colleagues Call For Hearings On A Balanced Budget Amendment

2011-06-08T01:00:00Z

... the Senate Judiciary Committee in sending a letter to the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights Subcommittee Chairman Dick Durbin urging him to hold hearings on SJ Res. 10, which calls for a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution. ...

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Republicans Unveil Balanced Budget Amendment to ...

2011-03-30T20:00:00Z

Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today unveiled SJ Res. 10, a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution that will bring down the nation's skyrocketing national debt by requiring the government to balance its ..

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