Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to control spending.

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

JHR HensarlingSponsor

53 cosponsors · 53 R

JCR Campbell MPR Pence WAR Akin KBR Brady DBR Burton MBR Blackburn RBR Bishop JCR Chaffetz JFR Flake JFR Fleming SGR Garrett PGR Gingrey BIR Inglis JJR Jordan DLR Lamborn RLR Latta DMR Manzullo KMR Marchant TMR McClintock JPR Pitts TPR Price JGR Gresham Barrett PBR Broun WHR Herger LLR Lance SMR Myrick CMR McMorris Rodgers RNR Neugebauer POR Olson FSR Sensenbrenner MSR Souder JSR Sullivan TTR Tiahrt FUR Upton JWR Wilson RWR Wittman JBR Barton JBR Boozman LSR Smith SSR Scalise MCR Coffman JMR Miller BGR Goodlatte RBR Bartlett JBR Bonner CYR Young JFR Forbes KCR Calvert TMR Murphy JKR Kingston MBR Bachmann JCR Culberson TPR Poe

2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits annual federal outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding one-fifth of economic output of the United States of America, unless two-thirds of each chamber provides for a specific increase of outlays above this amount.