Arlen Specter voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation-Joint Resolution.
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Title: Balanced Budget amendment
Vote to pass a bill that amends the United States Constitution requiring federal revenue to exceed federal spending.
Title: Balanced Budget amendment
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.