Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation.
Latest action · May 6, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2002 to May 22, 2002; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-TX | Charles W. Stenholm | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-LA | Christopher John | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-IL | David D. Phelps | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-CA | Gary A. Condit | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-TX | Jim Turner | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-TX | Max Sandlin | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Apr 30, 2002 | |
| D-FL | Karen L. Thurman | May 16, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | May 22, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2002 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred May 6, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- Apr 25, 2002Introduced in House
- Apr 25, 2002Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 85 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation. | Identical bill | Mar 18, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation.
- Popular Titles
- Balanced Budget resolution
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Balanced budgets
- Budget deficits
- Congress
- Congressional voting
- Constitutional amendments
- Debt limit
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal budgets
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Income tax
- Law
- Legislation
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Record votes
- Social security finance
- Social Welfare
- Tax rates
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
