A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Latest action · Feb 4, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a two-thirds rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
Requires a two-thirds rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit.
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually.
Requires a two-thirds rollcall vote in each chamber before final adoption of any bill to increase the internal revenue.
Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2010 to Mar 4, 2010; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | David Vitter | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-FL | George S. LeMieux | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-OK | Tom Coburn | Original | Feb 4, 2010 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Feb 22, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2010 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Feb 4, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 1 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Feb 9, 2009 |
| SJRES 22 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to requiring a balanced budget and granting the President of the United States the power of line-item veto. | Related bill | Dec 15, 2009 |
| SJRES 35 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to a balanced budget. | Related bill | Jul 21, 2010 |
| SJRES 38 | A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Identical bill | Aug 4, 2010 |
| HJRES 43 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jun 12, 2009 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2010Introduced in Senate
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.
