Will enough states ratify the GOP amendment?

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Let's review.


The vast majority of Americans polled are concerned about jobs, and the GOP responds by manufacturing a "deficit crisis" and proposing amendments that will not even pass the Senate, and would take years to be ratified in any case.


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(\(\(\/)/)/) said:
Let's review.


The vast majority of Americans polled are concerned about jobs, and the GOP responds by manufacturing a "deficit crisis" and proposing amendments that will not even pass the Senate, and would take years to be ratified in any case.


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It doesn't have to pass the Senate, retard. Constitutional Convention bypasses the National legislative branch.
 
Hope Solo said:
It doesn't have to pass the Senate, retard. Constitutional Convention bypasses the National legislative branch.
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Republicans supported a bill that would avert the crisis by raising the debt ceiling, but with an increase that would not take effect until a balanced-budget amendment was approved by both houses of Congress and submitted to the states.


To date, all amendments, whether ratified or not, have been proposed by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress.


Over 10,000 constitutional amendments have been introduced in Congress since 1789; during the last several decades, between 100 and 200 have been offered in a typical congressional year.


Most of these ideas never leave Congressional committee, and far fewer get proposed by the Congress for ratification.


Alternatively, if two-thirds of the state legislatures demand one, Congress must call for a constitutional convention, which would have the power to propose amendments.


As no such convention has been called, it is unclear how one would work in practice.




Good luck getting a Constitutional convention, poster with a girl's name and avatar.







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_Budget_Amendment
 
(\(\(\/)/)/) said:
Republicans supported a bill that would avert the crisis by raising the debt ceiling, but with an increase that would not take effect until a balanced-budget amendment was approved by both houses of Congress and submitted to the states.


To date, all amendments, whether ratified or not, have been proposed by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress.


Over 10,000 constitutional amendments have been introduced in Congress since 1789; during the last several decades, between 100 and 200 have been offered in a typical congressional year.


Most of these ideas never leave Congressional committee, and far fewer get proposed by the Congress for ratification.


Alternatively, if two-thirds of the state legislatures demand one, Congress must call for a constitutional convention, which would have the power to propose amendments.


As no such convention has been called, it is unclear how one would work in practice.




Good luck getting a Constitutional convention, poster with a girl's name and avatar.







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_Budget_Amendment
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