Bill Title: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. [HJR78 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Representative Bobby Bright [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AL-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Frank Kratovil [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MD-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ann Kirkpatrick [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Baron Hill [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IN-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Brad Ellsworth [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IN-8	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Joe Donnelly [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IN	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Travis Childers [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MS-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Dan Boren [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OK-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jason Altmire [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Betsy Markey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Matheson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-UT-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mike McIntyre [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Costa [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-21	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Allen Boyd [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Charles Wilson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-6	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Tanner [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-8	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Salazar [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CO-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mike Ross [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AR-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Walter Minnick [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-ID-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Charlie Melancon [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-SD	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lincoln Davis [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-4	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gene Taylor [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MS-4	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gabrielle Giffords [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Cooper [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Leonard Boswell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IA-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Marion Berry [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AR-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Zachary Space [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OH-18	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jane Harman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-36	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Kathleen Dahlkemper [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Henry Cuellar [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-28	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Deborah Halvorson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-11	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Marshall [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Michaud [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-ME-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Collin Peterson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Dennis Cardoza [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sanford Bishop [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mike Thompson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative David Scott [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Glenn Nye [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Patrick Murphy [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Dennis Moore [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-KS-3	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Barrow [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-GA-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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