There's really no excuse for proposing something that puts future Congresses on the hook for, which may run counter to what needs to be done at the time, and has been describes as a straight jacket for government. Yeah, that's what it needs!!!
NY Times: House Republicans, feeling they have scored significant fiscal victories, are moving on to an even bigger challenge: persuading voters, state legislatures and Democrats to alter the Constitution with a balanced budget amendment.
Speaker John A. Boehner told members that the best thing they could do during the August recess was to sell their constituents on the idea that the amendment — which essentially stipulates that government cannot spend more than it takes in — is necessary and good. They point out that such a measure passed the House in 1995, but then failed in the Senate by a single vote … 26 legislatures are dominated by Republicans.
The amendment … would require the acquiescence of two-thirds of each chamber of Congress, and three quarters of state legislatures.
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