Date: January 26, 1995
Subject: Balanced-Budget Amendment
Description: Barton (R-TX) substitute amendment (offered as the Judiciary Committee substitute) to propose a constitutional amendment to balance the budget by 2002 or two years after ratification, whichever is later. The amendment would require a three-fifths majority of the entire House and Senate to increase taxes, engage in deficit spending or raise the public debt limit. A simple majority may waive the requirement in times of war or in the face of a serious military threat. On a later vote, the Barton amendment was replaced by the Stenholm amendment as the final passage vehicle.
Result: Agreed to, 253-173
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