Congress is violating
Article V of the U.S. Constitution by refusing to call a peremptory Article
V Convention, despite the following 38 states (more than
the two-thirds (i.e. 34) required) that have submitted 81 BALANCED BUDGET
amendment applications since 1961:
(001) 1979 Alabama Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 4861
(002) 1979 Alabama Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 5368
(003) 1982 Alaska Balanced budget 128 Cong. Rec. 798
(004) 1982 Alaska Balanced budget 128 Cong. Rec. 2917
(005) 1977 Arizona Balanced budget 123 Cong. Rec. 18873
(006) 1977 Arizona Balanced budget 123 Cong. Rec. 18869
(007) 1979 Arizona Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 7920
(008) 1979 Arizona Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 8108
(009) 1975 Arkansas Balanced budget 121 Cong. Rec. 5793
(010) 1979 Arkansas Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3906
(011) 1979 Arkansas Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 4372
(012) 19?? Colorado Balanced budget ??? Cong. Rec. ???? )
(013) 1976 Delaware Balanced budget 122 Cong. Rec. 5572
(014) 1976 Delaware Balanced budget 122 Cong. Rec. 4329
(015) 1979 Florida Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3427
(016) 1979 Florida Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3007
(017) 1976 Georgia Balanced budget 122 Cong. Rec. 2740
(018) 1976 Georgia Balanced budget 122 Cong. Rec. 3161
(019) 1963 Idaho Balanced budget 109 Cong. Rec. 4050
(020) 1963 Idaho Balanced budget 109 Cong. Rec. 3855
(021) 1963 Idaho Balanced budget 109 Cong. Rec. 3982
(022) 1979 Idaho Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3657
(023) 1979 Idaho Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3522
(024) 19?? Illinois Balanced budget ??? Cong. Rec. ????
(025) 1957 Indiana Balanced budget 103 Cong. Rec. 6475
(026) 1976 Indiana Balanced budget 122 Cong. Rec. 931
(027) 1976 Indiana Balanced budget 122 Cong. Rec. 1400
(028) 1979 Indiana Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 9188
(029) 1979 Indiana Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 9368
(030) 1979 Iowa Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 15852
(031) 1979 Iowa Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 15792
(032) 1979 Iowa Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 15227
(033) 1979 Iowa Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 16351
(034) 1978 Kansas Balanced budget 124 Cong. Rec. 14193
(035) 1978 Kansas Balanced budget 124 Cong. Rec. 14584
(036) 19?? Lousiana Balanced budget ??? Cong. Rec. ????
(037) 1977 Maryland Balanced budget 123 Cong. Rec. 2545
(038) 1979 Maryland Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 13387
(039) 1975 Mississippi Balanced budget 121 Cong. Rec. 12168
(040) 1975 Mississippi Balanced budget 121 Cong. Rec. 12175
(041) 1983 Missouri Balanced budget 129 Cong. Rec. 10594
(042) 1983 Missouri Balanced budget 129 Cong. Rec. 4942
(043) 19?? Montana Balanced budget ??? Cong. Rec. ????
(044) 1979 Nebraska Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 4702
(045) 1979 Nebraska Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 4152
(046) 1980 Nevada Balanced budget 126 Cong. Rec. 909
(047) 1980 Nevada Balanced budget 126 Cong. Rec. 1104
(048) 1979 New Hampshire Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 11203
(049) 1979 New Hampshire Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 11584
(050) 1979 New Hampshire Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 12888
(051) 1979 New Mexico Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3322
(052) 1979 New Mexico Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3656
(053) 19?? New York Balanced budget ??? Cong. Rec. ????
(054) 1979 North Carolina Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3007
(055) 1975 North Dakota Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 10144
(056) 1978 Oklahoma Balanced budget 124 Cong. Rec. 12397
(057) 1978 Oklahoma Balanced budget 124 Cong. Rec. 12011
(058) 1979 Oregon Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 5953
(059) 1979 Pennsylvania Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 4627
(060) 19?? Rhode Island Balanced budget ??? Cong. Rec. ????
(061) 1976 South Carolina Balanced budget 122 Cong. Rec. 4090
(062) 1978 South Carolina Balanced budget 124 Cong. Rec. 14911
(063) 1979 South Dakota Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3427
(064) 1979 South Dakota Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 3656
(065) 1977 Tennessee Balanced budget 123 Cong. Rec. 18419
(066) 1979 Texas Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 5223
(067) 1979 Texas Reaffirmed earlier app for balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 134
(068) 1979 Texas Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 134
(069) 1979 Utah Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 4372
(070) 1979 Utah Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 4071
(071) 1973 Virginia Balanced budget 119 Cong. Rec. 7282
(072) 1973 Virginia Balanced budget 119 Cong. Rec. 8091
(073) 1975 Virginia Balanced budget 121 Cong. Rec. 4730
(074) 1975 Virginia Balanced budget 121 Cong. Rec. 5793
(075) 1976 Virginia Balanced budget 122 Cong. Rec. 8336
(076) 1979 Virginia Balanced budget 125 Cong. Rec. 5450
(077) 19?? Washington Balanced budget ??? Cong. Rec. ????
(078) 19?? Wisconsin Balanced budget ??? Cong. Rec. ????
(079) 1961 Wyoming Balanced budget 107 Cong. Rec. 2742
(080) 1961 Wyoming Balanced budget 107 Cong. Rec. 2759
(081) 1961 Wyoming Balanced budget 107 Cong. Rec. 2799
567 Amendments from ALL 50 States
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