Special Report Series:

The Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a series of analyses offering new perspectives on the problems of the constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. This debate is scheduled to come to the House and Senate floors early in 1997.

The Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: An Overview

If Everyone Agrees We Should Balance the Budget by 2002, What’s the Problem with a Constitutional Amendment?

State Balanced Budget Requirements Differ from the Proposed Federal Balanced Budget Amendment

Enforcement of a Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment: Questions Without Answers

A Legacy of Debt?: The Balanced Budget Amendment and the Next Generation

Balanced Budget Amendment Would Significantly Increase Risks of a Government Default

The Balanced Budget Amendment and Social Security

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