HJ.2 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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- YES
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Sponsored by
- Rep. Robert Goodlatte (VA Republican)
Co-Sponsored by
- Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL Republican)
- Rep. W. Akin (MO Republican)
- Rep. Rodney Alexander (LA Republican)
- Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL Republican)
- Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (MD Republican)
- Rep. Joe Barton (TX Republican)
- Rep. Charles Bass (NH Republican)
- Rep. Judy Biggert (IL Republican)
- Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA Democrat)
- Rep. Rob Bishop (UT Republican)
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN Republican)
- Rep. Jo Bonner (AL Republican)
- Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA Republican)
- Rep. Leonard Boswell (IA Democrat)
- Rep. Kevin Brady (TX Republican)
- Rep. Michael Burgess (TX Republican)
- Rep. Dan Burton (IN Republican)
- Rep. Ken Calvert (CA Republican)
- Rep. David Camp (MI Republican)
- Rep. Shelley Capito (WV Republican)
- Rep. John Carter (TX Republican)
- Rep. Steven Chabot (OH Republican)
- Rep. Howard Coble (NC Republican)
- Rep. Tom Cole (OK Republican)
- Rep. Jim Cooper (TN Democrat)
- Rep. Ander Crenshaw (FL Republican)
- Rep. John Culberson (TX Republican)
- Rep. Peter Defazio (OR Democrat)
- Rep. Mario Diaz-balart (FL Republican)
- Rep. John Duncan (TN Republican)
- Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO Republican)
- Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ Republican)
- Rep. James Forbes (VA Republican)
- Rep. Trent Franks (AZ Republican)
- Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ Republican)
- Rep. Elton Gallegly (CA Republican)
- Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ Republican)
- Rep. Jim Gerlach (PA Republican)
- Rep. John Gingrey (GA Republican)
- Rep. Kay Granger (TX Republican)
- Rep. Samuel Graves (MO Republican)
- Rep. Ralph Hall (TX Republican)
- Rep. Jane Harman (CA Democrat)
- Rep. Doc Hastings (WA Republican)
- Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX Republican)
- Rep. Walter Herger (CA Republican)
- Rep. Darrell Issa (CA Republican)
- Rep. Timothy Johnson (IL Republican)
- Rep. Samuel Johnson (TX Republican)
- Rep. Walter Jones (NC Republican)
- Rep. Steve King (IA Republican)
- Rep. Jack Kingston (GA Republican)
- Rep. John Kline (MN Republican)
- Rep. Steven Latourette (OH Republican)
- Rep. Thomas Latham (IA Republican)
- Rep. Jerry Lewis (CA Republican)
- Rep. Frank Lobiondo (NJ Republican)
- Rep. Frank Lucas (OK Republican)
- Rep. Donald Manzullo (IL Republican)
- Rep. Jim Matheson (UT Democrat)
- Rep. Thaddeus Mccotter (MI Republican)
- Rep. Mike Mcintyre (NC Democrat)
- Rep. Howard Mckeon (CA Republican)
- Rep. John Mica (FL Republican)
- Rep. Candice Miller (MI Republican)
- Rep. Gary Miller (CA Republican)
- Rep. Jeff Miller (FL Republican)
- Rep. Tim Murphy (PA Republican)
- Rep. Sue Myrick (NC Republican)
- Rep. Steven Pearce (NM Republican)
- Rep. Mike Pence (IN Republican)
- Rep. Collin Peterson (MN Democrat)
- Rep. Thomas Petri (WI Republican)
- Rep. Joseph Pitts (PA Republican)
- Rep. Todd Platts (PA Republican)
- Rep. Dennis Rehberg (MT Republican)
- Rep. Michael Rogers (AL Republican)
- Rep. Harold Rogers (KY Republican)
- Rep. Michael Rogers (MI Republican)
- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA Republican)
- Rep. Ileana Ros-lehtinen (FL Republican)
- Rep. Mike Ross (AR Democrat)
- Rep. Edward Royce (CA Republican)
- Rep. David Scott (GA Democrat)
- Rep. F. Sensenbrenner (WI Republican)
- Rep. Peter Sessions (TX Republican)
- Rep. John Shimkus (IL Republican)
- Rep. Michael Simpson (ID Republican)
- Rep. Christopher Smith (NJ Republican)
- Rep. Lamar Smith (TX Republican)
- Rep. Clifford Stearns (FL Republican)
- Rep. John Sullivan (OK Republican)
- Rep. Lee Terry (NE Republican)
- Rep. William Thornberry (TX Republican)
- Rep. Patrick Tiberi (OH Republican)
- Rep. Michael Turner (OH Republican)
- Rep. Frederick Upton (MI Republican)
- Rep. Greg Walden (OR Republican)
- Rep. Edward Whitfield (KY Republican)
- Rep. Addison Wilson (SC Republican)
- Rep. Frank Wolf (VA Republican)
- Rep. C. W. Young (FL Republican)
- Rep. Donald Young (AK Republican)
- Rep. Randy Neugebauer (TX Republican)
- Rep. Brian Bilbray (CA Republican)
- Rep. Daniel Lungren (CA Republican)
- Rep. Jim Costa (CA Democrat)
- Rep. Connie Mack (FL Republican)
- Rep. Tom Price (GA Republican)
- Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (GA Republican)
- Rep. John Barrow (GA Democrat)
- Rep. Geoff Davis (KY Republican)
- Rep. Charles Boustany (LA Republican)
- Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry (NE Republican)
- Rep. Patrick Mchenry (NC Republican)
- Rep. Dan Boren (OK Democrat)
- Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (PA Republican)
- Rep. Charles Dent (PA Republican)
- Rep. Louis Gohmert (TX Republican)
- Rep. Ted Poe (TX Republican)
- Rep. Michael Mccaul (TX Republican)
- Rep. K. Conaway (TX Republican)
- Rep. Kenny Marchant (TX Republican)
- Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX Democrat)
- Rep. Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers (WA Republican)
- Rep. Dave Reichert (WA Republican)
- Rep. William Shuster (PA Republican)
- Rep. Jean Schmidt (OH Republican)
- Rep. John Campbell (CA Republican)
- Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO Republican)
- Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL Republican)
- Rep. Peter Roskam (IL Republican)
- Rep. Timothy Walberg (MI Republican)
- Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN Republican)
- Rep. Adrian Smith (NE Republican)
- Senator Dean Heller (NV Republican)
- Rep. Jim Jordan (OH Republican)
- Rep. Jason Altmire (PA Democrat)
- Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL Republican)
- Rep. Paul Broun (GA Republican)
- Rep. Rob Wittman (VA Republican)
- Rep. Robert Latta (OH Republican)
- Rep. Steve Scalise (LA Republican)
- Rep. Steve Austria (OH Republican)
- Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA Republican)
- Rep. Jason Chaffetz (UT Republican)
- Rep. Mike Coffman (CO Republican)
- Rep. John Fleming (LA Republican)
- Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY Republican)
- Rep. Gregg Harper (MS Republican)
- Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA Republican)
- Rep. Lynn Jenkins (KS Republican)
- Rep. Larry Kissell (NC Democrat)
- Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ Republican)
- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO Republican)
- Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY Republican)
- Rep. Tom Mcclintock (CA Republican)
- Rep. Pete Olson (TX Republican)
- Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN Republican)
- Rep. Bill Posey (FL Republican)
- Rep. David Roe (TN Republican)
- Rep. Thomas Rooney (FL Republican)
- Rep. Aaron Schock (IL Republican)
- Rep. Glenn Thompson (PA Republican)
- Rep. Tom Graves (GA Republican)
- Rep. Marlin Stutzman (IN Democrat)
- Rep. Tom Reed (NY Republican)
- Rep. Martha Roby (AL Republican)
- Rep. Mo Brooks (AL Republican)
- Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ Republican)
- Rep. Ben Quayle (AZ Republican)
- Rep. David Schweikert (AZ Republican)
- Rep. Eric Crawford (AR Republican)
- Rep. Tim Griffin (AR Republican)
- Rep. Steve Womack (AR Republican)
- Rep. Jeff Denham (CA Republican)
- Rep. Scott Tipton (CO Republican)
- Rep. Cory Gardner (CO Republican)
- Rep. Steve Southerland (FL Republican)
- Rep. Richard Nugent (FL Republican)
- Rep. Daniel Webster (FL Republican)
- Rep. Dennis Ross (FL Republican)
- Rep. Allen West (FL Republican)
- Rep. Sandy Adams (FL Republican)
- Rep. David Rivera (FL Republican)
- Rep. Rob Woodall (GA Republican)
- Rep. Austin Scott (GA Republican)
- Rep. Raúl Labrador (ID Republican)
- Rep. Bob Dold (IL Republican)
- Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL Republican)
- Rep. Robert Schilling (IL Republican)
- Rep. Joe Walsh (IL Republican)
- Rep. Todd Rokita (IN Republican)
- Rep. Larry Bucshon (IN Republican)
- Rep. Kevin Yoder (KS Republican)
- Rep. Mike Pompeo (KS Republican)
- Rep. Jeff Landry (LA Republican)
- Rep. Andy Harris (MD Republican)
- Rep. Dan Benishek (MI Republican)
- Rep. Bill Huizenga (MI Republican)
- Rep. Chip Cravaack (MN Republican)
- Rep. Alan Nunnelee (MS Republican)
- Rep. Steven Palazzo (MS Republican)
- Rep. Vicky Hartzler (MO Republican)
- Rep. Billy Long (MO Republican)
- Rep. Joe Heck (NV Republican)
- Rep. Frank Guinta (NH Republican)
- Rep. Jon Runyan (NJ Republican)
- Rep. Michael Grimm (NY Republican)
- Rep. Nan Hayworth (NY Republican)
- Rep. Chris Gibson (NY Republican)
- Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (NY Republican)
- Rep. Renee Ellmers (NC Republican)
- Rep. Rick Berg (ND Republican)
- Rep. Bill Johnson (OH Republican)
- Rep. Steve Stivers (OH Republican)
- Rep. Bob Gibbs (OH Republican)
- Rep. James Lankford (OK Republican)
- Rep. Mike Kelly (PA Republican)
- Rep. Patrick Meehan (PA Republican)
- Rep. Thomas Marino (PA Republican)
- Rep. Lou Barletta (PA Republican)
- Rep. Tim Scott (SC Republican)
- Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC Republican)
- Rep. Trey Gowdy (SC Republican)
- Rep. Mick Mulvaney (SC Republican)
- Rep. Kristi Noem (SD Republican)
- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN Republican)
- Rep. Scott Desjarlais (TN Republican)
- Rep. Diane Black (TN Republican)
- Rep. Stephen Fincher (TN Republican)
- Rep. Bill Flores (TX Republican)
- Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX Republican)
- Rep. Blake Farenthold (TX Republican)
- Rep. E. Rigell (VA Republican)
- Rep. Robert Hurt (VA Republican)
- Rep. H. Griffith (VA Republican)
- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA Republican)
- Rep. David Mckinley (WV Republican)
- Rep. Sean Duffy (WI Republican)
- Rep. Reid Ribble (WI Republican)
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Summary:
1/5/2011--Introduced.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 three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each chamber by rollcall vote. Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.
Actions:
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
Considered as unfinished business.
DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.J. Res. 2. When proceedings were postponed on Thursday, November 17, 2011, 2 hours and 42 minutes of debate remained.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 466, further consideration of this motion is postponed.
DEBATE - The House continued with debate on H.J. Res. 2.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 466, the House proceeded with 5 hours of debate on H.J. Res. 2.
Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the resolution, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Rule H. Res. 466 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 466 Reported to House. The resolution authorizes the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules through the legislative day of Friday, November 18, 2011, relating to H.J.Res. 2, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The resolution provides that debate on such a motion shall be extended to five hours. Finally, the resolution provides that the Chair may postpone further consideration of such a motion pursuant to the resolution to a time designated by the Speaker.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 261 - 165 (Roll no. 858).
Question:
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H J RES 2 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States2/3
Result
failed