Constitutional Amendment to Remove the Balanced Budget Requirement

[Joe Republic]

I haven't actually checked up on this, but would this also remove the necessity to pass a budget at all?  If so, I urge the Senate to oppose the amendment in its current form.

[Joe Republic]

It's public now, so I don't think anybody can argue the point anyway.

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I haven't actually checked up on this, but would this also remove the necessity to pass a budget at all?  If so, I urge the Senate to oppose the amendment in its current form.

No, it just chops off the clauses saying that the budget must be balanced (or reasonably close to balanced).  Clause 8 is the pertinent clause and clauses 9 and 10 have no reason to exist without clause 8.

It should be noted that there is a typo in clause 9; it should say "clause 8", not "clause 5".

Ah, thank you.  In which case, this amendment has my full support.

[Joe Republic]

Uh, do I need to sign this?

[Joe Republic]

Uh, do I need to sign this?

The President has nothing to do with the process concerning Amendments or Senate Resolutions. 

If you wish to change the Constitution to make that possible, please go on ahead.

It was a genuine question, and I didn't need the snide response.  Thanks anyway.

[Joe Republic]

Actually, I've read the Constitution many, many times over, and hold it in much higher regard than you seem to give me credit for.  I merely asked my question because I felt it would take somebody who already knew the answer a few seconds to tell me, instead of me trawling through the entire document myself. 

The snide remark was actually quite insulting - regardless of the point you were making.