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Senate set to vote on budget balance amendment
After two weeks of debate the Senate moves to a vote on a constitutional balance the budget amendment. Majority Leader Baker aims to finish by Thursday as 61 senators and 231 House members back it while critics seek to slow progress toward a two thirds threshold. Opponents call the measure rigid and politically hypocritical, while supporters push for a firm mechanism ensuring spending equals revenue. The amendment would require annual budgets with spending matched to taxes and would need ratification by three fourths of state legislatures. In the House, leaders vie to force debate despite Democratic opposition and efforts to bypass committees.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
House
Charles Mathias Jr
R-Md
Reagan
Congress
Judiciary Committee