The Current Score
Members of BBA Congressional Member Caucus: O
Co-Sponsors of the House BBA (H. J. Res 1): 169 of 290 needed
Co-Sponsors of the Senate BBA (S. J. Res 20): 3 of 67 needed
But remember, we’ve been close before.
In 1996 the House passed the BBA.
In 1997, the Senate came within 1 vote.
And Congress passed balanced budgets for the next 4 years.
Voter pressure made the difference then and it can again!
Senate Sponsors of S. J. RES 20, 111th Congress – 3 of 67 VOTES NEEDED
Shelby, Richard – AL
Roberts, Pat - KS
Vitter, David – LA
Co-Sponsors of the House BBA (H. J. Res 1): 169 of 290 needed
Co-Sponsors of the Senate BBA (S. J. Res 20): 3 of 67 needed
We have a lot of work to do…that’s why we need you!
But remember, we’ve been close before.
In 1996 the House passed the BBA.
In 1997, the Senate came within 1 vote.
And Congress passed balanced budgets for the next 4 years.
Voter pressure made the difference then and it can again!
Where Your Member of Congress Stands:
BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Shelby, Richard – AL
Roberts, Pat - KS
Vitter, David – LA
House Sponsors of H. J. RES 1, 111TH CONGRESS – 169 of 290 VOTES NEEDED
| CO-SPONSORS - 169 | FAIL TO CO-SPONSORS - 266 |
| ALABAMA Aderholt, Robert, Alabama, 4th Bachus, Spencer, Alabama, 6th Bonner, Jo, Alabama, 1st Bright, Bobby, Alabama, 2nd Griffith, Parker, Alabama, 5th |
ALABAMA Davis, Artur, Alabama, 7th Rogers, Mike, Alabama, 3rd |
| ALASKA Young, Don, Alaska, At-Large |
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| ARKANSAS Boozman, John, Arkansas, 3rd |
ARKANSAS Berry, Marion, Arkansas, 1st Ross, Mike, Arkansas, 4th Snyder, Vic, Arkansas 2nd |
| ARIZONA Flake, Jeff, Arizona, 6th Franks, Trent, Arizona, 2nd Mitchell, Harry E., Arizona, 5th Shadegg, John, Arizona, 3rd |
ARIZONA Giffords, Gabrielle, Arizona, 8th Grijalva, Raul, Arizona, 7th Kirkpatrick, Ann, Arizona, 1st Pastor, Ed, Arizona, 4th |
| CALIFORNIA Bilbray, Brian P., California, 50th Bono, Mary, California, 45th Calvert, Ken, California, 44th Gallegly, Elton, California, 24th Herger, Wally, California, 2nd Hunter, Duncan D., California, 52nd Issa, Darrell, California, 49th Lungren, Daniel E., California, 3rd McKeon, Buck, California, 25th McCarthy, Kevin, California, 22nd McClintock, Tom, California, 4th Miller, Gary, California, 42nd Radanovich, George P., California, 19th Rohrabacher, Dana, California, 46th Royce, Ed, California, 40th |
CALIFORNIA Baca, Joe, California, 43rd Becerra, Xavier, California, 31st Berman, Howard, California, 28th Campbell, John, California, 48th Capps, Lois, California, 23rd Cardoza, Dennis, California, 18th Chu, Judy, California, 32nd Costa, Jim, California, 20th Davis, Susan, California, 53rd Dreier, David, California, 26th Eshoo, Anna G., California, 14th Farr, Sam, California, 17th Filner, Bob, California, 51st Harman, Jane, California, 36th Honda, Mike, California, 15th Lee, Barbara, California, 9th Lewis, Jerry, California, 41st Lofgren, Zoe, California, 16th Matsui, Doris O., California, 5th McNerney, Jerry, California, 11th Miller, George, California, 7th Napolitano, Grace, California, 38th Nunes, Devin, California, 21st Pelosi, Nancy, California, 8th Richardson, Laura, California, 37th Roybal-Allard, Lucille, California, 34th Sanchez, Linda, California, 39th Sanchez, Loretta, California, 47th Schiff, Adam, California, 29th Sherman, Brad, California, 27th Speier, Jackie, California, 12th Stark, Fortney Pete, California, 13th California, 10th - Vacancy Thompson, Mike, California, 1st Waters, Maxine, California, 35th Watson, Diane E., California, 33rd Waxman, Henry, California, 30th Woolsey, Lynn, California, 6th |
| COLORADO Lamborn, Doug, Colorado, 5th Coffman, Mike, Colorado, 6th |
COLORADO DeGette, Diana, Colorado, 1st Markey, Betsy, Colorado, 4th Perlmutter, Ed, Colorado, 7th Polis, Jared, Colorado, 2nd Salazar, John T., Colorado, 3rd |
| CONNECTICUT |
CONNECTICUT Courtney, Joe, Connecticut, 2nd DeLauro, Rosa L., Connecticut, 3rd Himes, Jim, Connecticut, 4th Larson, John B., Connecticut, 1st Murphy, Christopher S., Connecticut, 5TH |
| DELAWARE Castle, Michael N., Delaware, At-Large |
DELAWARE |
| FLORIDA Bilirakis, Gus M., Florida, 9th Brown, Corrine, Florida, 3rd Brown-Waite, Virginia, Florida, 5th Crenshaw, Ander, Florida, 4th Diaz-Balart, Mario, Florida, 25th Mack, Connie, Florida, 14th Mica, John, Florida, 7th Miller, Jeff, Florida, 1st Posey, Bill, Florida, 15th Putnam, Adam, Florida, 12th Rooney, Tom, Florida, 16th Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, Florida, 18th Stearns, Cliff, Florida, 6th Young, C.W. Bill, Florida, 10th |
FLORIDA Boyd, Allen, Florida, 2nd Buchanan, Vern, Florida, 13th Castor, Kathy, Florida, 11th Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Florida, 21st Hastings, Alcee L., Florida, 23rd Grayson, Alan, Florida, 8th Klein, Ron , Florida, 22nd Kosmas, Suzanne M., Florida, 24th Meek, Kendrick, Florida, 17th Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, Florida, 20th Wexler, Robert, Florida, 19th |
| HAWAII |
HAWAII Abercrombie, Neil, Hawaii, 1st Hirono, Mazie K., Hawaii, 2nd |
| IDAHO Simpson, Mike, Idaho, 2nd |
IDAHO Minnick, Walt, Idaho, 1st |
| ILLINOIS Biggert, Judy, Illinois, 13th Kirk, Mark, Illinois, 10th Manzullo, Donald, Illinois, 16th Roskam, Peter J., Illinois, 6th Schock, Aaron, Illinois, 18th Shimkus, John, Illinois, 19th |
ILLINOIS Bean, Melissa L., Illinois, 8th Costello, Jerry, Illinois, 12th Davis, Danny K., Illinois, 7th Gutierrez, Luis, Illinois, 4th Foster, Bill, Illinois, 14th Hare, Phil, Illinois, 17th Halvorson, Deborah "Debbie" Illinois, 11th Jackson Jr., Jesse L., Illinois, 2nd Johnson, Timothy V., Illinois, 15th Lipinski, Daniel, Illinois, 3rd Quigley, Mike, Illinois, 5th Rush, Bobby L., Illinois, 1st Schakowsky, Jan, Illinois, 9th |
| INDIANA Burton, Dan, Indiana, 5th Buyer, Steve, Indiana, 4th Ellsworth, Brad, Indiana, 8th Pence, Mike, Indiana, 6th Visclosky, Peter, Indiana, 1st |
INDIANA Carson, André, Indiana, 7th Donnelly, Joe, Indiana, 2nd Hill, Baron, Indiana, 9th Souder, Mark E., Indiana, 3rd |
| KANSAS Moran, Jerry, Kansas, 1st Tiahrt, Todd, Kansas, 4th |
KANSAS Jenkins, Lynn, Kansas, 2nd Moore, Dennis, Kansas, 3rd |
| KENTUCKY Davis, Geoff, Kentucky, 4th Rogers, Harold, Kentucky, 5th Whitfield, Ed, Kentucky, 1st |
KENTUCKY Chandler, Ben, Kentucky, 6th Guthrie, S. Brett, Kentucky, 2nd Yarmuth, John A., Kentucky, 3rd |
| LOUISIANA Alexander, Rodney, Louisiana, 5th Boustany Jr., Charles W., Louisiana, 7th Fleming, John, Louisiana, 4th Scalise, Steve, Louisiana, 1st |
LOUISIANA Cao, Joseph, Louisiana, 2nd Cassidy, William "Bill", Louisiana, 6th Melancon, Charlie, Louisiana, 3rd |
| MAINE |
MAINE Michaud, Michael, Maine, 2nd Pingree, Chellie, Maine, 1st |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
MASSACHUSETTS Capuano, Michael E., Massachusetts, 8th Delahunt, William, Massachusetts, 10th Frank, Barney, Massachusetts, 4th Lynch, Stephen F., Massachusetts, 9th McGovern, James, Massachusetts, 3rd Markey, Ed, Massachusetts, 7th Neal, Richard E., Massachusetts, 2nd Olver, John, Massachusetts, 1st Tierney, John, Massachusetts, 6th Tsongas, Niki, Massachusetts, 5th |
| MARYLAND Bartlett, Roscoe, Maryland, 6th |
MARYLAND Cummings, Elijah, Maryland, 7th Edwards, Donna F., Maryland, 4th Hoyer, Steny H., Maryland, 5th Kratovil, Jr., Frank M., Maryland, 1st Ruppersberger, Dutch, Maryland, 2nd Sarbanes, John P., Maryland, 3rd Van Hollen, Chris, Maryland, 8th |
| MICHIGAN Camp, Dave, Michigan, 4th Ehlers, Vernon J., Michigan, 3rd Hoekstra, Pete, Michigan, 2nd McCotter, Thaddeus, Michigan, 11th Miller, Candice, Michigan, 10th Upton, Fred, Michigan, 6th |
MICHIGAN Conyers Jr., John, Michigan, 14th Dingell, John D., Michigan, 15th Kildee, Dale, Michigan, 5th Kilpatrick, Carolyn, Michigan, 13th Levin, Sander, Michigan, 12th Peters, Gary, Michigan, 9th Rogers, Mike, Michigan, 8th Schauer, Mark, Michigan, 7th Stupak, Bart, Michigan, 1st |
| MINNESOTA Bachmann, Michele, Minnesota, 6th Kline, John, Minnesota, 2nd Peterson, Collin C., Minnesota, 7th |
MINNESOTA Ellison, Keith, Minnesota, 5th McCollum, Betty, Minnesota, 4th Oberstar, James L., Minnesota, 8th Paulsen, Erik, Minnesota, 3rd Walz, Timothy J., Minnesota, 1st |
| MISSISSIPPI Childers, Travis, Mississippi, 1st Harper, Gregg, Mississippi, 3rd Taylor, Gene, Mississippi, 4th |
MISSISSIPPI Thompson, Bennie G., Mississippi, 2nd |
| MISSOURI Akin, Todd, Missouri, 2nd Blunt, Roy, Missouri 7th Emerson, Jo Ann, Missouri, 8th Graves, Sam, Missouri, 6th Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Missouri, 9th |
MISSOURI Carnahan, Russ, Missouri, 3rd Clay Jr., William "Lacy", Missouri, 1st Cleaver, Emanuel, Missouri, 5th Skelton, Ike, Missouri, 4th |
| MONTANA Rehberg, Dennis, Montana, At-Large |
MONTANA |
| NEBRASKA Fortenberry, Jeff, Nebraska, 1st Smith, Adrian, Nebraska, 3rd Terry, Lee, Nebraska, 2nd |
NEBRASKA |
| NEVADA Heller, Dean, Nevada, 2nd |
NEVADA Berkley, Shelley, Nevada, 1st Titus, Dina, Nevada, 3rd |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
NEW HAMPSHIRE Hodes, Paul W., New Hampshire, 2nd Shea-Porter, Carol, New Hampshire, 1st |
| NEW JERSEY Garrett, Scott, New Jersey, 5th Lance, Leonard, New Jersey, 7th LoBiondo, Frank, New Jersey, 2nd Smith, Chris, New Jersey, 4th |
NEW JERSEY Adler, John, New Jersey, 3rd Andrews, Robert E., New Jersey, 1st Frelinghuysen, Rodney, New Jersey, 11th Holt, Rush, New Jersey, 12th Pallone Jr., Frank, New Jersey, 6th Pascrell Jr., Bill, New Jersey, 8th Payne, Donald M., New Jersey, 10th Rothman, Steven, New Jersey, 9th Sires, Albio, New Jersey, 13th |
| NEW MEXICO |
NEW MEXICO Heinrich, Martin T., New Mexico, 1st Lujan, Ben R., New Mexico, 3rd Teague, Harry, New Mexico, 2nd |
| NEW YORK Lee, Christopher J., New York, 26th |
NEW YORK Ackerman, Gary, New York, 5th Arcuri, Michael A., New York, 24th Bishop, Timothy, New York, 1st Clarke, Yvette D., New York, 11th Crowley, Joseph, New York, 7th Engel, Eliot, New York, 17th Hall, John J., New York, 19th Higgins, Brian, New York, 27th Hinchey, Maurice, New York, 22nd Israel, Steve, New York, 2nd King, Pete, New York, 3rd Lowey, Nita, New York, 18th Maffei, Daniel B., New York, 25th Massa, Eric J.J., New York, 29th McCarthy, Carolyn, New York, 4th New York, 23rd - Vacancy McMahon, Michael E., New York, 13th Maloney, Carolyn, New York, 14th Meeks, Gregory W., New York, 6th Murphy, Scott, New York, 20th Nadler, Jerrold, New York, 8th Rangel, Charles B., New York, 15th Serrano, José E., New York, 16th Slaughter, Louise, New York, 28th Tonko, Paul D., New York, 21st Towns, Edolphus, New York, 10th Velázquez, Nydia M., New York, 12th Weiner, Anthony D., New York, 9th |
| NORTH CAROLINA Coble, Howard, North Carolina, 6th Foxx, Virginia, North Carolina, 5th Jones, Walter B., North Carolina, 3rd McHenry, Patrick T., North Carolina, 10th McIntyre, Mike, North Carolina, 7th Myrick, Sue, North Carolina, 9th |
NORTH CAROLINA Butterfield, G.K., North Carolina, 1st Etheridge, Bob, North Carolina, 2nd Kissell, Larry, North Carolina, 8th Miller, Brad, North Carolina, 13th Price, David, North Carolina, 4th Shuler, Heath, North Carolina, 11th Watt, Mel, North Carolina, 12th |
| NORTH DAKOTA |
NORTH DAKOTA Pomeroy, Earl, North Dakota, At-Large |
| OHIO Austria, Steve, Ohio, 7th Boehner, John A., Ohio, 8th Jordan, Jim, Ohio, 4th LaTourette, Steven C., Ohio, 14th Latta, Robert E., Ohio, 5th Schmidt, Jean, Ohio, 2nd Tiberi, Pat, Ohio, 12th |
OHIO Boccieri, John A., Ohio, 16th Driehaus, Steve, Ohio, 1st Fudge, Marcia L., Ohio, 11th Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, 9th Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, 10th Kilroy, Mary Jo, Ohio, 15th Ryan, Tim, Ohio, 17th Space, Zachary T., Ohio, 18th Sutton, Betty, Ohio, 13th Wilson, Charles A., Ohio, 6th |
| OKLAHOMA Boren, Dan, Oklahoma, 2nd Cole, Tom, Oklahoma, 4th Fallin, Mary, Oklahoma, 5th Lucas, Frank, Oklahoma, 3rd Sullivan, John, Oklahoma, 1st |
OKLAHOMA |
| OREGON Walden, Greg, Oregon, 2nd |
OREGON Blumenauer, Earl, Oregon 3rd DeFazio, Peter, Oregon, 4th Schrader, Kurt, Oregon, 5th Wu, David, Oregon, 1st |
| PENNSYLVANIA Dent, Charles W., Pennsylvania, 15th Murphy, Tim, Pennsylvania, 18th Pitts, Joseph R., Pennsylvania, 16th Platts, Todd, Pennsylvania, 19th Thompson, Glenn W., Pennsylvania, 5th |
PENNSYLVANIA Altmire, Jason, Pennsylvania, 4th Brady, Robert, Pennsylvania, 1st Carney, Christopher P., Pennsylvania, 10th Dahlkemper, Kathy, Pennsylvania, 3rd Doyle, Mike, Pennsylvania, 14th Fattah, Chaka, Pennsylvania, 2nd Gerlach, Jim, Pennsylvania, 6th Kanjorski, Paul E., Pennsylvania, 11th Holden, Tim, Pennsylvania, 17th Murphy, Patrick J., Pennsylvania, 8th Murtha, John, Pennsylvania, 12th Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pennsylvania, 13th Sestak, Joe, Pennsylvania, 7th Shuster, Bill, Pennsylvania, 9th |
| RHODE ISLAND |
RHODE ISLAND Kennedy, Patrick, Rhode Island, 1st Langevin, Jim, Rhode Island, 2nd |
| SOUTH CAROLINA Brown, Henry, South Carolina, 1st Inglis, Bob, South Carolina, 4th Wilson, Joe, South Carolina, 2nd |
SOUTH CAROLINA Barrett, J.Gresham, South Carolina, 3rd Clyburn, James E., South Carolina, 6th Spratt, John, South Carolina, 5th |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
SOUTH DAKOTA Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie, South Dakota |
| TENNESSEE Blackburn, Marsha, Tennessee 7th Duncan Jr., John J., Tennessee, 2nd Roe, Phil, Tennessee, 1st Wamp, Zach, Tennessee, 3rd |
TENNESSEE Cohen, Steve, Tennessee, 9th Cooper, Jim, Tennessee, 5th Davis, Lincoln, Tennessee, 4th Gordon, Bart, Tennessee, 6th Tanner, John, Tennessee, 8th |
| TEXAS Barton, Joe, Texas, 6th Brady, Kevin, Texas, 8th Burgess, Michael, Texas, 26th Carter, John, Texas, 31st Conaway, K. Michael, Texas, 11th Culberson, John, Texas, 7th Edwards, Chet, Texas, 17th Gohmert, Louie, Texas 1st Granger, Kay, Texas, 12th Hall, Ralph M., Texas, 4th Hensarling, Jeb, Texas, 5th Johnson, Sam, Texas, 3rd Marchant, Kenny, Texas, 24th McCaul, Michael T., Texas, 10th Neugebauer, Randy, Texas, 19th Olson, Pete, Texas, 22nd Poe, Ted, Texas, 2nd Sessions, Pete, Texas, 32nd Smith, Lamar, Texas, 21st Thornberry, Mac, Texas, 13th |
TEXAS Cuellar, Henry, Texas, 28th Doggett, Lloyd, Texas, 25th Gonzalez, Charlie A., Texas, 20th Green, Al, Texas, 9th Green, Gene, Texas, 29th Hinojosa, Rubén, Texas, 15th Jackson Lee, Sheila, Texas, 18th Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Texas 30th Ortiz, Solomon P., Texas, 27th Paul, Ron, Texas, 14th Reyes, Silvestre, Texas, 16th Rodriguez, Ciro, Texas, 23rd |
| UTAH Bishop, Rob, Utah, 1st Chaffetz, Jason, Utah, 3rd |
UTAH Matheson, Jim, Utah, 2nd |
| VERMONT |
VERMONT Welch, Peter, Vermont, At-Large |
| VIRGINIA Cantor, Eric, Virginia, 7th Forbes, J. Randy, Virginia, 4th Goodlatte, Bob, Virginia, 6th Wolf, Frank, Virginia, 10th |
VIRGINIA Boucher, Rick, Virginia, 9th Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry", Virginia, 11th Moran, Jim, Virginia, 8th Nye III, Glenn C., Virginia, 2nd Perriello, Tom, Virginia, 5th Scott, Robert C. "Bobby", Virginia, 3rd Wittman, Robert J., Virginia, 1st |
| WASHINGTON Hastings, Doc, Washington, 4th McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Washington, 5th Reichert, David G., Washington, 8th |
WASHINGTON Baird, Brian, Washington, 3rd Dicks, Norman D., Washington, 6th Inslee, Jay, Washington, 1st Larsen, Rick, Washington, 2nd McDermott, Jim, Washington, 7th Smith, Adam, Washington, 9th |
| WISCONSIN Petri, Thomas, Wisconsin, 6th Ryan, Paul, Wisconsin, 1st Sensenbrenner, F. James, Wisconsin, 5th |
WISCONSIN Baldwin, Tammy, Wisconsin, 2nd Kagen, Steve, Wisconsin, 8th Kind, Ron, Wisconsin, 3rd Moore, Gwen, Wisconsin, 4th Obey, David R., Wisconsin, 7th |
| WEST VIRGINIA Capito, Shelley Moore, West Virginia, 2nd |
WEST VIRGINIA Mollohan, Alan B., West Virginia, 1st Rahall, Nick, West Virginia, 3rd |
| WYOMING Lummis, Cynthia M., Wyoming, At-Large |
WYOMING |
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