Action Needed on Balanced Budget Amendment
Please have a look at this communication from Tea Party Patriots. They are giving us information on two versions of a BBA being considered, and asking us to make a few calls expressing our opinions. THIS is your action item for today. If you can only make one call, call Congressman Paul Ryan and thank [...]
November 4, 2011
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All 47 GOP Senators Co-sponsor Balanced Budget Amendment
Emily Miller at Human Events reports all 47 Republican Senators have co-sponsored a “consensus Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The key provisions of the new balanced budget amendment (BBA) are: Congress must pass a balanced budget; the President has to submit a balanced budget; spending is capped at 18% of the Gross Domestic [...]
March 31, 2011
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DeMint: Balanced Budget Amendment or NO Debt Ceiling Raise
In this op-ed at USA Today Jim DeMint lays it down. Washington will never voluntarily shrink its size until it is forced to by law. Republicans should oppose another debt limit increase unless Congress first passes a balanced budget amendment that requires a two-thirds majority to raise taxes. A balanced budget amendment is sorely needed [...]
February 9, 2011
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BBA … Tea Party Coalition pushing for balanced budget amend
Alex Pappas of The Daily Caller writes about a push from a new Tea Party coalition, the BBA, for a Balanced Budget Amendment. The coalition, named BBA Now, as in Balance Budget Amendment Now, plans to officially unveil its three-year plan in September, director of coalitions Kellen Giuda said in an interview. Part of the [...]
August 19, 2010
Tags: balanced budget, BBA, tea party coalition Posted in: Tax/Budget/Spending, Tea Party One Comment
