Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force

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The Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force is a conservative Florida-based lobbying organization supporting a balanced-budget amendment to the United States Constitution. {{cite news|title=America might see a new constitutional convention in a few years|url=https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21729735-if-it-did-would-be-dangerous-thing-america-might-see-new-constitutional-convention|accessdate=28 September 2017|publisher=The Economist|date=September 30, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Wines|first1=Michael|title=Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/us/inside-the-conservative-push-for-states-to-amend-the-constitution.html|accessdate=28 September 2017|work=New York Times|date=August 22, 2016}}

The group advocates an Article V convention to include such an amendment.{{cite news|last1=Celock|first1=John|title=Balanced Budget Advocates Seek Article V Constitutional Convention|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/article-v-convention_n_2973821.html|accessdate=28 September 2017|publisher=Huffington Post|date=March 28, 2013}} An Article V convention is convened at the request of two-thirds of the states. Twenty-seven have made the request. Thirty-four are needed and then thirty-eight states would be needed for ratification of any proposed amendments.{{r|"npr160204"}}

States requesting a convention

{{main article|List of state applications for an Article V Convention}}

  1. Alabama{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  2. Alaska{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  3. Arizona{{r|"ar170915"}}
  4. Arkansas{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  5. Florida{{r|"npr160204"}}
  6. Georgia{{r|"npr160204"}}
  7. Indiana{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  8. Iowa{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  9. Kansas{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  10. Louisiana{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  11. Michigan{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  12. Mississippi{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  13. Missouri{{r|"fnp170517"}}
  14. Nebraska{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  15. New Hampshire{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  16. North Carolina
  17. North Dakota{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  18. Ohio{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  19. Oklahoma{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  20. Pennsylvania{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  21. South Dakota{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  22. Tennessee{{r|"npr160204"}}
  23. Texas{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  24. Utah{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  25. West Virginia{{r|"cbpp170118"}}
  26. Wisconsin{{cite news|last1=Richmond|first1=Todd|title=Wisconsin Senate OKs Constitutional Convention Call|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2017-11-07/wisconsin-senate-set-to-call-for-constitutional-convention|accessdate=8 November 2017|agency=AP|publisher=US News|date=November 7, 2017}}
  27. Wyoming

States rejecting a convention

  1. Colorado
  2. Delaware
  3. Maryland{{r|"wp170506"}}
  4. Nevada{{r|"wp170506"}}
  5. New Mexico

References

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{{cite news|last1=Sisk|first1=Chas|title=Rewrite The Constitution? Several States Are Trying To|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/04/465593798/rewrite-the-constitution-several-states-are-trying-to|accessdate=29 September 2017|publisher=NPR|date=February 4, 2016}}

{{cite news|last1=McKelway|first1=Doug|title=Push for Convention of the States to rein in government gains steam|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/push-for-convention-of-the-states-to-rein-in-government-gains-steam/|access-date=29 September 2017|publisher=Fox News Politics|date=May 15, 2017}}

{{cite news|title=We're surprisingly close to our first constitutional convention since 1787. Bad idea.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-surprisingly-close-to-a-new-constitutional-convention-bad-idea/2017/04/06/f6d5b76a-197d-11e7-855e-4824bbb5d748_story.html|accessdate=29 September 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|date=May 6, 2017}}

{{cite web|last1=Leachman|first1=Michael|title=States Likely Could Not Control Constitutional Convention on Balanced Budget Amendment or Other Issues|url=https://www.cbpp.org/research/states-likely-could-not-control-constitutional-convention-on-balanced-budget-amendment-or|publisher=Center on Budget and Policy Priorities|accessdate=29 September 2017|date=January 18, 2017}}

{{cite news|last1=Rau|first1=Alia Beard|title=Phoenix constitutional convention gives 'rebirth to a new nation,' planners say|url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/09/15/phoenix-constitutional-convention-gives-rebirth-new-nation-planners-say/664206001/|accessdate=29 September 2017|publisher=Arizona Republic|date=September 15, 2017}}

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