A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to alter Federal fiscal decision-making procedures.
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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the adoption of any Federal budget in which expenditures exceed receipts unless approved by a roll call vote of three-fifths of the Members of each House of Congress directed solely to that subject. Prohibits the Congress from passing and the President from signing any appropriations bill which would cause the total expenditures of the Federal Government to exceed its total receipts in any fiscal year. Permits the Congress to waive such provisions with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect.
Prohibits any annual increase in the proportion of Federal receipts to the national income unless passed by a roll call vote, directed solely to such purpose, of each House of Congress.
Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 43: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to alter Federal fiscal decision-making procedures.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-43/
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S.J. Res. 43, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-43/.
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