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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each chamber by rollcall vote. Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.J.Res. 2 as introduced in House on Jan 5, 2011. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Nov 18, 2011
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Failed · Two-thirds required
261 Yea 165 Nay 8 not voting
Party-line vote 29 of 426 voting members broke with their own party: 25 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
434 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.J.Res. 2 and vote against it. 136 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.J.Res. 2 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
41 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.