The Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force is a conservative Florida-based lobbying organization supporting a balanced-budget amendment to the United States Constitution. [2][3]
| Formation | August 2010 |
|---|---|
| Type | 501(c)(4) |
| 27-1351108[1] | |
| Purpose | Advocating for a balanced-budget amendment |
| Location |
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| Website | bba4usa |
The group advocates an Article V convention to include such an amendment.[4] An Article V convention is convened at the request of two-thirds of the states. Twenty-seven have made the request.[2] Thirty-four are needed and then thirty-eight states would be needed for ratification of any proposed amendments.[5]
States requesting a convention
edit- Alabama[6]
- Alaska[6]
- Arizona[7]
- Arkansas[6]
- Florida[5]
- Georgia[5]
- Indiana[6]
- Iowa[6]
- Kansas[6]
- Louisiana[6]
- Michigan[6]
- Mississippi[6]
- Missouri[8]
- Nebraska[6]
- New Hampshire[6]
- North Carolina
- North Dakota[6]
- Ohio[6]
- Oklahoma[6]
- Pennsylvania[6]
- South Dakota[6]
- Tennessee[5]
- Texas[6]
- Utah[6]
- West Virginia[6]
- Wisconsin[9]
- Wyoming
States rejecting a convention
editReferences
edit- ^ "Balanced Budget Amendment Inc. Form 990 2015". ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b "America might see a new constitutional convention in a few years". The Economist. September 30, 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Wines, Michael (August 22, 2016). "Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution". New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ Celock, John (March 28, 2013). "Balanced Budget Advocates Seek Article V Constitutional Convention". Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d Sisk, Chas (February 4, 2016). "Rewrite The Constitution? Several States Are Trying To". NPR. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Leachman, Michael (January 18, 2017). "States Likely Could Not Control Constitutional Convention on Balanced Budget Amendment or Other Issues". Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Rau, Alia Beard (September 15, 2017). "Phoenix constitutional convention gives 'rebirth to a new nation,' planners say". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ McKelway, Doug (May 15, 2017). "Push for Convention of the States to rein in government gains steam". Fox News Politics. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Richmond, Todd (November 7, 2017). "Wisconsin Senate OKs Constitutional Convention Call". US News. AP. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ a b "We're surprisingly close to our first constitutional convention since 1787. Bad idea". Washington Post. May 6, 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.