Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force

Balanced Budget Amendment Inc.
FormationAugust 2010; 16 years ago (2010-08)
Type501(c)(4)
Tax ID no.27-1351108
LocationPalm City, Florida
Websitebba4usa.org

The Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force is a conservative Florida-based lobbying organization supporting a balanced-budget amendment to the United States Constitution.

The group advocates an Article V convention to include such an amendment. 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.

States requesting a convention

  1. Alabama
  2. Alaska
  3. Arizona
  4. Arkansas
  5. Florida
  6. Georgia
  7. Indiana
  8. Iowa
  9. Kansas
  10. Louisiana
  11. Michigan
  12. Mississippi
  13. Missouri
  14. Nebraska
  15. New Hampshire
  16. North Carolina
  17. North Dakota
  18. Ohio
  19. Oklahoma
  20. Pennsylvania
  21. South Dakota
  22. Tennessee
  23. Texas
  24. Utah
  25. West Virginia
  26. Wisconsin
  27. Wyoming

States rejecting a convention

  1. Colorado
  2. Delaware
  3. Maryland
  4. Nevada
  5. New Mexico

References

  1. ↑ "Balanced Budget Amendment Inc. Form 990 2015". ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "America might see a new constitutional convention in a few years". The Economist. September 30, 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Wines, Michael (August 22, 2016). "Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution". New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Celock, John (March 28, 2013). "Balanced Budget Advocates Seek Article V Constitutional Convention". Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Sisk, Chas (February 4, 2016). "Rewrite The Constitution? Several States Are Trying To". NPR. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Leachman, Michael (January 18, 2017). "States Likely Could Not Control Constitutional Convention on Balanced Budget Amendment or Other Issues". Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Rau, Alia Beard (September 15, 2017). "Phoenix constitutional convention gives 'rebirth to a new nation,' planners say". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. ↑ McKelway, Doug (May 15, 2017). "Push for Convention of the States to rein in government gains steam". Fox News Politics. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Richmond, Todd (November 7, 2017). "Wisconsin Senate OKs Constitutional Convention Call". US News. AP. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  10. 1 2 "We're surprisingly close to our first constitutional convention since 1787. Bad idea". Washington Post. May 6, 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.