Bill Title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-30 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-512. [SJR5 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Senator Mike Lee [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-UT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Kelly Ayotte [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Barrasso [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Roy Blunt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Richard Burr [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tom Coburn [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OK	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mike Crapo [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ID	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jim DeMint [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-SC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Ensign [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NV	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Michael Enzi [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Lindsey Graham [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-SC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Chuck Grassley [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mike Johanns [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NE	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jon Kyl [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AZ	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Rand Paul [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-KY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator James Risch [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ID	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Marco Rubio [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-FL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Thune [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-SD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Pat Toomey [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-PA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator David Vitter [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-LA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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