Category Archives: Federal budget

WHAT A REAL SWORD OF DAMOCLES WOULD LOOK LIKE

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks Why did the deficit reduction super-committee fail? For the same reason that the “Byrd Amendments” mandating a balanced budget failed in 1978, 1980, and 1982. For the same reason that the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law and its sequestration … Continue reading →

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The Balanced Budget Blues Continue

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks The House of Representatives began floor debate yesterday on the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA), which ended in an unsurprising 261-165 defeat this afternoon. (290 votes were needed for the two-thirds vote required by Article V.) As … Continue reading →

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The Amash Alternative: Balanced Budget Amendment Blues

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks Among the 18-plus competing balanced budget amendments (BBA) now vying for the House Republican leadership’s endorsement is H.J. Res. 81, sponsored by first-term congressman and Tea Party favorite, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI). What makes this proposal unusual … Continue reading →

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News Media and the Language of the Political Left

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

by Mark Rhoads One surefire way for the Left to dominate any topical debate with conservatives is to get the news media to adopt their language first. They are extremely successful at this much of the time because large media … Continue reading →

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THE NEXT DEBT CEILING AND BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT DEBATES: DOING THEM RIGHT. MAKING THEM REAL – Part 5 (To Govern Is To Choose)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks This is the last in a series of posts about the recent debt ceiling debate. Although the national debt limit is a statute and not a constitutional requirement, I have tried to show in earlier posts … Continue reading →

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