Get Congress to care about the next generation and not their next election!
Today in the Senate, all 47 U.S. Republican Senators will join in the introduction of a Constitutional amendment that will require the Federal Government to Balance its Budget. This Constitutional amendment will be voted on at some point during the week of July 18, 2011 in the U.S. Senate. This is a pledge that the Senate Republican Leader Sen. McConnell (R-KY) has made publically on several occasions.
The last time Congress voted on a Constitutional amendment to balance the budget was in 1997. The amendment to the Constitution passed the House of Representatives but failed to pass in the Senate by one vote. The vote count in the Senate for passage of an amendment to the Constitution is 67. This means that any upcoming Senate vote will require 20 additional Democratic Senators to vote in favor of the Constitutional amendment. If our government was bound by a requirement that the budget be balanced, it would permanently change the way Washington, DC and Congress thinks and acts. It would bring Congress back to thinking about the next generation rather than their next election. If our government had to live within its means, just like all businesses, households, schools, local and state governments do, that action would singlehandedly reduce the threat to our security that are as a result of our spiraling out-of-control debt.
Write your Members of Congress on GradeGov.com and let them know you don’t want this Constitutional amendment to fail in Congress again. The 23 Democratic Senate seats that are up for election next November are listed on GradeGov.com. Tell Members of Congress that you want them to support the next generation and not their next election. Keep the faith!
The Honorable Elizabeth B. Letchworth is a retired elected U.S. Senate Secretary for the Majority & Minority, a senior legislative advisor @ Covington & Burling, LLC and the owner of GradeGov.com
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