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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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Constitutional Amendment This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The amendment prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding one-fifth of the economic output of the United States, unless two-thirds of each house of Congress provides for a specific increase above this amount. The amendment requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber of Congress to increase the public debt limit or to increase revenue. It also requires the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. Congress is authorized to waive these requirements when a declaration of war is in effect or if the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security.
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2020 · first_quarter · Constitution
Contacts in opposition to legislative or executive actions that seek to add to the U.S. Constitution the language of the "Equal Rights Amendment" that originally was submitted to the states in March 1972, with a ratification deadline that expired in March 1979. Includes opposition to H.J. Res. 79 and H.J. Res. 6 (purporting by unconstitutional mechanisms to nullify the ratification deadline contained in the joint resolution submitted to the states in 1972). Opposition extends also to current text of H.J. Res 35 and S. J. Res. 15 (proposing re-submission of 1972 ERA language to the states, this time without a ratification deadline).
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Constitution
Contacts in opposition to legislative or executive actions that seek to add to the U.S. Constitution the language of the "Equal Rights Amendment" that originally was submitted to the states in March 1972, with a ratification deadline that expired in March 1979. Includes opposition to H.J. Res. 38, H.J. Res. 79, and H.J. Res. 6 (purporting by divergent unconstitutional mechanisms to nullify the ratification deadline contained in the joint resolution submitted to the states in 1972). Opposition extends also to current text of H.J. Res 35 and S. J. Res. 15 (proposing re-submission of 1972 ERA language to the states, this time without a ratification deadline).
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2019 · third_quarter · Constitution
Contacts in opposition to legislative or executive actions that seek to add to the U.S. Constitution the language of the "Equal Rights Amendment" that was submitted to the states in March 1972, with a ratification deadline that expired in March 1979. Opposition includes but is not limited to H.J. Res 35 and S. J. Res. 15 (proposing re-submission of 1972 ERA language to the states, this time without a ratification deadline); H.J. Res. 38 and H.J. Res. 6 (purporting to nullify the ratification deadline contained in the joint resolution submitted to the states in 1972, retroactively); and H. Res. 272 (expressing the view of the House of Representatives that the language of the 1972 ERA submission should be made part of the U.S. Constitution).
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2019 · second_quarter · Constitution
Contacts in opposition to legislative or executive actions that seek to add to the U.S. Constitution the language of the "Equal Rights Amendment" that was submitted to the states in March 1972, with a ratification deadline that expired in March 1979. Opposition includes but is not limited to H.J. Res 35 and S. J. Res. 15 (proposing re-submission of 1972 ERA language to the states, this time without a ratification deadline); H.J. Res. 38 and H.J. Res. 6 (purporting to nullify the ratification deadline contained in the joint resolution submitted to the states in 1972, retroactively); and H. Res. 272 (expressing the view of the House of Representatives that the language of the 1972 ERA submission should be made part of the U.S. Constitution).
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2019 · first_quarter · Constitution
Contacts in opposition to legislative or executive actions that seek to add to the U.S. Constitution the language of the "Equal Rights Amendment" that was submitted to the states in March 1972, with a ratification deadline that expired in March 1979. Opposition includes but is not limited to H.J. Res 35 and S. J. Res. 15 (proposing re-submission of 1972 ERA language to the states, this time without a ratification deadline); H.J. Res. 38 and H.J. Res. 6 (purporting to nullify the ratification deadline contained in the joint resolution submitted to the states in 1972, retroactively); and H. Res. 272 (expressing the view of the House of Representatives that the language of the 1972 ERA submission should be made part of the U.S. Constitution).
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
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| Jim Banks | Republican | IN |
| HJRES 51 |
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