S.J.RES.3: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.

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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 two-thirds 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 18% of the gross...

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Jan. 4, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan. 4, 2019

Introduced in the Senate by Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)

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