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Committees are venues for applying members’ knowledge, experience, and resources within a manageable space for deliberation. The American people need empowered committees to update federal programs for society’s changing needs and to take back the arbitrary power that the administrative state lords over the country.
Americans for Prosperity’s Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy Kurt Couchman released a new report today setting out a path for Congress to advance a well-crafted amendment to the United States Constitution to require Congress to balance the federal budget.
US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government’s Hearing on “Examining Proposed Constitutional Amendments”
Members want change. House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington and Ranking Member Brendan Boyle recently announced a bipartisan budget process reform effort.
Congress doesn’t have to balance the federal budget, nor does it try. It doesn’t pursue debt-to-GDP targets, deficit targets, or any other comprehensive budget targets.
