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Subcommittee advances bills calling for Article V convention to propose balanced-budget amendment
Summary
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to report favorably on House Bill 3007 and Senate Bill 245, measures that would ask Congress to call a convention under Article V to propose a balanced-budget amendment limiting federal appropriations except in specified emergencies.
The Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to report favorably on House Bill 3007 and Senate Bill 245, concurrent measures that would press for an Article V convention to propose a balanced-budget amendment that would limit federal appropriations when federal revenues fall short.
The measures were presented and discussed during a subcommittee meeting where Sen. Rice, sponsor of Senate Bill 245, urged colleagues to take the House bill "and not amend it so that we could get it across the finish line." Committee staff described the bills as restricting federal…
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