S J Res 1 - Balanced Budget amendment - National Key Vote
Carl Levin voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation-Joint Resolution.
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Timeline
- Senate Joint Resolution Failed
- March 4, 1997
- Introduced
- Jan. 21, 1997
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Title: Balanced Budget amendment
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends the United States Constitution requiring federal revenue to exceed federal spending.
Highlights:
- Authorizes Congress to waive the provisions of this amendment when a declaration of war is in effect, or if Congress and the President declare that there is a serious military threat to national security.
- Requires an affirmative roll call vote of 3/5 of the Congress to increase public debt.
Title: Balanced Budget amendment
- Edmond Spencer Abraham (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Wayne A. Allard (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John D. Ashcroft (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Max S. Baucus (MT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert F. 'Bob' Bennett (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John B. Breaux (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard H. Bryan (NV - D) (Out Of Office)
- Conrad R. Burns (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ben 'Nighthorse' Campbell (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- John H. Chafee (RI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel R. 'Dan' Coats (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thad Cochran (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Susan Margaret Collins (ME - R)
- Paul D. Coverdell (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Larry E. Craig (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Alfonse M. 'Al' D'Amato (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Pete V. Domenici Jr. (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael Bradley 'Mike' Enzi (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Duncan McLauchlin 'Lauch' Faircloth (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- William H. 'Bill' Frist (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Slade Gorton (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel Robert 'Bob' Graham (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- William Phillip 'Phil' Gramm (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney 'Rod' Grams (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley (IA - R)
- Judd A. Gregg (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Y. Tim Hutchinson (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kathryn Bailey Ann 'Kay' Hutchison (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Mountain 'Jim' Inhofe (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Merrill 'Jim' Jeffords (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Herbert H. 'Herb' Kohl (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Kyl (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard G. 'Dick' Lugar (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Connie Mack (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Sidney McCain III (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Addison Mitchell 'Mitch' McConnell Jr. (KY - R)
- Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank H. Murkowski (AK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Don Nickles (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles S. 'Chuck' Robb (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles Patrick 'Pat' Roberts (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- William V. Roth Jr. (DE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Rick' Santorum (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III (NA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard C. Shelby (AL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Clinton 'Bob' Smith (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gordon Harold Smith (OR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
- Arlen Specter (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Stevens (AK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Craig Thomas (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Fred Dalton Thompson (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Strom Thurmond (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- John William Warner (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
More Info About this Vote
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER OF CONGRESS, AND RATIFICATION BY THREE-FOURTHS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF THE DATE THE AMENDMENT WAS SUBMITTED.