[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-50. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the 
     Legislature of the State of Georgia; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

                               Resolution

       Whereas, the State of Georgia and other states have a 
     constitutional provision that prohibits its legislative body 
     from creating a budget deficit in its appropriations process; 
     and
       Whereas, the State of Georgia has various constitutional 
     and statutory constraints relative to debt financing which 
     require the state to maintain a very tight credit strategy; 
     and
       Whereas, the economic welfare of the United States and its 
     citizens depends on a stable dollar and a sound economy; and
       Whereas, the federal budget deficit has had a deleterious 
     impact on the nation's financial health and has impeded 
     severely investment productivity and growth; and
       Whereas, the Georgia General Assembly has supported an 
     amendment requiring a balanced federal budget for many years, 
     having specifically applied to the United States Congress to 
     call a convention for the purpose of proposing such an 
     amendment in 1976: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate That the members of this body urge 
     the United States Senate and the United States House of 
     Representatives to adopt the balanced budget amendment; be it 
     further
       Resolved That the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and 
     directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution 
     to the Secretary of the Senate of the United States Congress, 
     the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United 
     States Congress, and to each member of the Georgia 
     congressional delegation.
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       POM-51. Petitions from citizens of the United States 
     relative to the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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