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  1. Bill Clinton Endorses Critz in Pennsylvania Democratic House Primary

    Thu, 12 Apr 2012

    Altmire's vote in favor of a constitutional balanced - budget amendment , which Republicans sent to the House floor in favor. The last time the House approved a balanced - budget amendment was in 1995, as the GOP-controlled, Newt

  2. Ron Paul Returns to New Hampshire Fights Back on 'Dangerous' Label

    Fri, 6 Jan 2012

    Santorum represented his biggest threat, Ron Paul laughed and said "hardly." "He brags about being for a balanced budget amendment , but [he] never did anything about it," Paul said of Santorum. "He voted 4 or 5 times to raise the debt

  3. Rick Perry Makes Final Sell At Two Iowa Caucus Sites

    Tue, 3 Jan 2012

    the Seven Flags Event Center in Clive where he touted his part-time Congress plan and pushed support for a balanced budget amendment . Perry closed his speech in Waukee by asking voters to give him their support when they cast votes Tuesday

  4. In New TV Ad, Rick Perry Hits Rivals Who Served in Congress

    Thu, 29 Dec 2011

    else back home." The Texas governor has touted his part-time Congress proposal along with calling for a balanced budget amendment at each of his stops in his two-week bus tour through Iowa. The part-time Congress plan, which was first

  5. Full Transcript: ABC News Iowa Republican Debate

    Sun, 11 Dec 2011

    people in their districts, and work under the laws that they pass. That I will suggest to you, along with a balanced budget amendment to the United States Congress, will go a long way toward stoppin' a lot of the nonsense that we're seeing

  6. Rick Perry Uses Late-Night Show to Make Light of His Gaffes

    Fri, 2 Dec 2011

    you want a slick debater, I’m obviously not your guy, but if you want to clean house in Washington with a balanced budget amendment , a flat tax and a part-time Congress, I’m your man,” Perry said in the 30-second ad. “I’m

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  1. Rick Perry Turns ‘Oops’ Moment Into Iowa TV Ad

    Thu, 1 Dec 2011

    you want a slick debater, I’m obviously not your guy, but if you want to clean house in Washington with a balanced budget amendment , a flat tax and a part-time Congress, I’m your man.” Perry even uses his closing approval message

  2. Romney Campaign Spends $85K on Second Ad Buy

    Wed, 30 Nov 2011

    favor of cutting spending, capping federal spending as a percentage of GDP at 20 percent or less, and having a balanced budget amendment . “The right answer for America is to stop the growth of the federal government and to start the growth

  3. Balanced budget amendment push sparks debate

    Tue, 29 Nov 2011

    Some supporters of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution are convention to propose a balanced budget amendment . States that have done it repeated attempts to add a balanced budget amendment have failed in Congress

  4. Super Fragile Supercommittee, New Hampshire Face-off and Newt Inc.; The PM Note

    Fri, 18 Nov 2011

    changed in a pinch. http://abcn.ws/ufpgMZ Balanced Budget Amendment Fails in House – The supercommittee remains a mystery, but one thing is clear, there will be no balanced budget amendment . It failed to pass the House with the necessary ? majority today. http

  5. Balanced Budget Amendment Fails in House

    Fri, 18 Nov 2011

    move to amend the U.S. Constitution with a Balanced Budget Amendment . The vote of 261-165 fell 29 votes short of the bill. The last time the House voted on a Balanced Budget amendment , in 1995, the measure received more than 300 votes but

  6. GOP Rep. Roskam: Supercommittee Feeling ‘Urgency’; House Could ‘Suspend a Rule’ to Accommodate Late Deal

    Fri, 18 Nov 2011

    balance, that’s a good thing. The process matters.” He also urged his Democratic colleagues to vote for a Balanced Budget Amendment ; most didn’t, and the measure fell short of the two-thirds majority it needed to pass today. “The time has

  7. Rick Perry Goes Negative on Obama in TV Ad

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    which would include a part-time citizen Congress that would suffer a pay cut until a balanced budget amendment is passed. “It’s time for a Balanced Budget Amendment that forces Washington to stop overspending,” Perry says in the ad. “If Congress

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Videos

  1. Rep. Goodlatte Pushes Balanced Budget Amendment

    Tue, 15 Nov 2011

    of Virginia who's got a balanced budget amendment that's expected to reach to get to 290 votes for balanced budget amendment first time it's been voted they do fail passage of a balanced budget amendment . We'll The effect of

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    joined by congressman Bob good -- Republican of Virginia who's got a balanced budget amendment that's expected to reach the house floor. Later this week and tell our viewers -- how this would work there -- a
    fifth year so that we need to get to 290 votes for balanced budget amendment first time it's been voted on the house in sixteen years.
    exactly right if for any reason they do fail passage of a balanced budget amendment . We'll -- The effect of the sequestration. And doesn't eliminated but it does make it less painful if the balanced budget amendment passes. Now congress and you thought you feel like you personally and be bound by the so called Grover Norquist pledge. When
  2. Rick Santorum Proud of His Impact in Michigan

    Tue, 28 Feb 2012

    advocate. Ever since I was in politics for a balanced budget amendment fought. Tooth and nail to get it came within given up trying to fight. We will work to pass a balanced budget amendment of the constitution but in the meantime. We

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    has been an advocate. Ever since I was in politics for a balanced budget amendment fought. Tooth and nail to get it -- came within one vote but never given up trying to fight. We will work to pass a balanced budget amendment of the constitution but in the meantime. We will do something that no one else has ever successfully done but I did.
  3. 1995: Newt Gingrich in His New Role

    Tue, 6 Dec 2011

    willing are they did smoothly through it again have poll out today that says everybody 80% of people want a balanced budget amendment in the question about if it means cutting this means and the only nobody was cut anything even welcome. Yeah

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    have poll out today that says everybody 80% of people want a balanced budget amendment in the -- question about if it means cutting this means -- and the only nobody was cut anything even welcome. Yeah
  4. Ron Paul Defends 'Corrupt' Accusation

    Sat, 7 Jan 2012

    know he he preached in fact that he wanted to balanced budget amendment that could raise the debt to five times that pretty darn good. I I supported and voted for balanced budget amendment the line item Vito I voted in fact I used to

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    Because you know he he preached in fact that he wanted to balanced budget amendment that could raise the debt to five times that he is a big government. One person. And we we as Republicans know
    record is actually pretty darn good. I I supported and voted for balanced budget amendment the line item Vito I voted in fact I used to keep track when I was the United States senate. Of all
  5. New Hampshire Republican Debate 2012

    Sat, 7 Jan 2012

    supporters love it. You can expect him to try to pick up more boats an orange he brags about being for the balanced budget amendment and never did anything about it no one said politics was always not. Candidates stand on stage is determined

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    more boats -- an orange -- he brags about being for the balanced budget amendment and never did anything about it no one said politics was always not.
  6. Sen. Lee Says A Deal Will be Done by August 2nd

    Thu, 28 Jul 2011

    together should contain a balanced budget amendment . But you at this point desire by you'd have a balanced budget amendment . In any deal He called feel about the need for a balanced budget amendment . That's why I introduced

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    fact that I think any deal would put together should contain a balanced budget amendment . But you at this point it doesn't appear likely that I'm going to prevail in that regard.
    Clinton and John McCain yesterday called that desire by you'd have a balanced budget amendment . In any deal He called it bizarre out. Is it is a bizarre Ellen and you know why I guess are you
    American people support. That's how Americans feel about the need for a balanced budget amendment . That's why I introduced they cut capital balance act in the senate which was passed in the House of Representatives a few days later. Which would have married that balanced budget amendment to the debt limit increase. It now appears that that's shut down because even though it's been passed in the house the
  7. Sen. Paul: 'We Need to Be Here' to Debate Debt

    Thu, 30 Jun 2011

    debt ceiling. If we get a balanced budget amendment we want it contingent on a balanced budget amendment because we don't wanna balance our budget or have a balanced budget amendment raising the debt ceiling

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    we will vote to raise the debt ceiling. If we get a balanced budget amendment we want it contingent on a balanced budget amendment because we don't wanna do is just give a blank check. We've raised the debt ceiling 74 times and nothing ever changes
    it about whether or not we balance our budget or have a balanced budget amendment -- raising the debt ceiling. I think if we have that vote in a public way. All public opinion polls shows 70% or more. Of Republicans Democrats and independents say we should balance our budget in favor of balanced budget amendment . Let's talk about that in regard to a debt ceiling all votes are raising debt ceiling there are Republicans who will vote
    congress is doing a good job and 75%. Of -- for a balanced budget amendment . Maybe we need to think differently than we have in the past. So bottom line no balanced budget amendment means a no vote from you. Absolutely and everything that we need to know about this is. That if we cross August
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  1. PHOTO: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, walks to the House floor to take up his postponed legislation that was rewritten overnight to win the support of conservative holdouts demanding action on a ...
  2. PHOTO: Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, penned an Op-Ed in the National Review today arguing that Congress should refuse to up the debt ceiling unless it also passes a balanced-budget amendment.

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