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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (681758)	5/8/2005 2:51:17 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769669

"Let us find a way to restore some fiscal prudence." Oh, I most certainly AGREE. The balanced budget amendment failed in the Senate on March 4, 1997, by one vote -- the same margin of failure as during the 104th Congress. cnn.com The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a series of analyses offering perspectives on the problems of the constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget before the vote in early 1997. (I don't agree with many of their arguments, but it's important to see what people say about the issue.) cbpp.org Never-the-less, for decades, public opinion polls have generally shown strong support for a balanced budget constitutional amendment. For example, in a Gallup poll published in the May 22, 1996, USA Today, 83 percent of Americans favored a balanced budget amendment and just 14 percent opposed it.