This is excerpt: Call Congress Now!The Budget Control Act (PL 112-25) passed this summer created the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to cut the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade. Another key provision mandated that Congress vote on a balanced budget amendment (BBA) to the constitution before December 31, 2011.

This is excerpt: Call Congress Now!The Budget Control Act (PL 112-25) passed this summer created the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to cut the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade. Another key provision mandated that Congress vote on a balanced budget amendment (BBA) to the constitution before December 31, 2011.

This is an excerpt: “We will not balance the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the sick, the children, and the poor, who have already sacrificed enough in terms of lost jobs, lost wages, lost homes, and lost pensions.

This is an excerpt: “We will not balance the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the sick, the children, and the poor, who have already sacrificed enough in terms of lost jobs, lost wages, lost homes, and lost pensions.