CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Amendments

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S6408 [18JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 41) (103d Congress), S6408 [18JN]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3272 [15AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3715, S3716, S3723, S3733, S3734 [19AP], S3797, S3798 [22AP], S3997, S3998, S3999 [23AP]

Analyses

Kyl Constitutional Amendment To Require a Two-Thirds Majority on the Passage of Legislation Increasing Revenue: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S5470-S5473 [22MY]

Articles and editorials

Ace in the Hole, S5992-S5995 [10JN]

Clinton's Budget Game, S5991 [10JN]

Republican Floor Show Only a Cynic Could Love, H3237 [15AP]

Showboating on Tax Day, H3301 [15AP]

We Will Continue To Stand by Our Flag, S3149 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 54), S4618 [2MY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 159), H1225 [1FE]

———constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), consideration (see H. Res. 395), H3229 [29MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see S.J. Res. 49; H.J. Res. 169), S1345 [27FE], H3170 [28MR]

Courts: constitutional amendment to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 6 years (see H.J. Res. 160), H1245 [16FE]

———constitutional amendment to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 8 years (see H.J. Res. 164), H2466 [19MR]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 52, 65; H.J. Res. 173, 174), S3792 [22AP], S11973 [30SE], H3657 [22AP]

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to expenditure of money to elect public officials (see S.J. Res. 47, 48; H.J. Res. 171, 187), S377 [25JA], S492 [26JA], H3231 [29MR], H8557 [25JY]

———constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see H.J. Res. 172), H3649 [18AP]

Electoral College: abolish (see H.J. Res. 180), H6285 [12JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 177), H4302 [30AP]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 161, 184), H1507 [28FE], H7658 [16JY]

Government: constitutional amendment relative to the commencement of the terms of office of the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress (see S.J. Res. 55), S5093 [15MY]

———limit judicial authority (see H.J. Res. 167), H2665 [21MR]

Prayer: constitutional amendment allowing prayer in public institutions (see H.J. Res. 186), H8248 [23JY]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 180), H6285 [12JN]

States: constitutional amendment to grant power to propose constitutional amendments (see S.J. Res. 58), S9295 [31JY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 176), H3819 [24AP]

Cloture motions

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3729 [19AP], S3878 [23AP]

Histories

20th Amendment to the Constitution Relative to the Presidential Inauguration Date, S5098 [15MY]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Bill Graves, Governor of Kansas and Sheila Frahm, Lt. Governor of Kansas, S5934 [6JN]

———David M. Beasley, Governor of South Carolina, S5936 [6JN]

———Edward T. Schafer, Governor of North Dakota, S5935 [6JN]

———Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, S5885, S5936 [6JN]

———Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico, S5935 [6JN]

———George Allen, Governor of Virginia, S5936 [6JN]

———George E. Pataki, Governor of New York, S5935 [6JN]

———Jim Edgar, Governor of Illinois, S5934 [6JN]

———Jim Geringer, Governor of Wyoming, S5936 [6JN]

———John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S5935 [6JN]

———M.J. Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana, S5935 [6JN]

———Pete Wilson, Governor of California, S5934 [6JN]

———several Republican Members of Congress, S5659 [3JN]

———Stephen Merrill, Governor of New Hampshire, S5935 [6JN]

Motions

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3271, H3303 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), consideration (H. Res. 395), H3268, H3270 [15AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3716 [19AP]

Remarks in House

Abortion: constitutional amendment on freedom of choice, E1397 [30JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H5765 [4JN], H5823 [5JN], H5940 [6JN], E952 [30MY], E994 [4JN]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3184 [29MR], H3234-H3237, H3239-H3256, H3270-H3304 [15AP], E536, E541, E543, E544 [16AP], E580 [19AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), consideration (H. Res. 395), H3256-H3270 [15AP]

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to expenditure of money to elect public officials (H.J. Res. 171), E498 [29MR]

———constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (H.J. Res. 114), H8519 [25JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, E231 [28FE]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (H.J. Res. 127), H7250 [10JY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes, H2858-H2864 [26MR]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, S4011, S4049-S4055 [24AP], S4669 [3MY], S5635 [24MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5657-S5670 [3JN], S5756 [4JN], S5792-S5851 [5JN], S5873-S5903, S5915, S5921, S5929, S5934 [6JN], S5955-S5977 [7JN], S5990-S5999 [10JN], S6077 [11JN], S6260 [14JN], S6407, S6408 [18JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S5780 [4JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced relative to budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S3280, S3304-S3309 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 54), S5900 [6JN]

———judicial review amendments to the constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S6407, S6408 [18JN]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, S5236-S5239 [17MY], S5470 [22MY]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (S.J. Res. 49), S1366-S1368 [27FE], S3326 [15AP], S4808 [7MY]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, S1171 [9FE]

Constitution: proposed amendments, S5752-S5754 [4JN]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 52), S3795-S3797 [22AP]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 65), S11998-S12000 [30SE]

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to expenditure of money to elect public officials (S.J. Res. 47), S382-S386 [25JA]

———constitutional amendment relative to expenditure of money to elect public officials (S.J. Res. 48), S513 [26JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, S3149 [28MR]

Government: constitutional amendment relative to the commencement of the terms of office of the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress (S.J. Res. 55), S5097 [15MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms, S3309 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3715-S3725, S3727-S3729 [19AP], S3769-S3786 [22AP], S3805, S3826, S3864-S3879, S3880 [23AP], S4083 [24AP]

———constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), unanimous-consent agreement, S3811 [23AP]

States: constitutional amendment to grant power to propose constitutional amendments (S.J. Res. 58), S9304 [31JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.J. Res. 159, Require a Three-Fifths Majority on the Passage of Legislation Increasing Revenue: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 395) (H. Rept. 104-513), H3229 [29MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3278 [15AP]

Statements

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Senator Dole, E994 [4JN]

———Senator Ford, S6078 [11JN]

———Senator Inhofe, S6079 [11JN]

We Will Continue To Stand by Our Flag: Daniel A. Ludwig, American Legion, E231 [28FE]

Summaries

Constitutional Amendment Relative to Expenditure of Money To Elect Public Officials (S.J. Res. 47), S388 [25JA]

Tables

Distribution of the current Federal tax burden, H3274 [15AP]

International comparison of central Government taxes as percents of gross domestic product, H3273 [15AP]

Total U.S. Federal revenue as percents of gross domestic product, H3274 [15AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 395, consideration of H.J. Res. 159, constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H3256 [15AP]

H.J. Res. 1, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S5968 [7JN], S6078 [11JN]

H.J. Res. 159, constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H3272 [15AP]

H.J. Res. 171, constitutional amendment relative to expenditure of money to elect public officials, E498 [29MR]

S.J. Res. 21, constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms, S3715 [19AP]

S.J. Res. 38, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget (96th Congress), S5901 [6JN]

S.J. Res. 41, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget (103d Congress), S5968 [7JN], S6077 [11JN]

S.J. Res. 47, constitutional amendment relative to expenditure of money to elect public officials, S388 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 49, constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, S1368 [27FE]

S.J. Res. 65, constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights, S11999 [30SE]