Most Americans, upon first learning about Compact for America’s Balanced Budget initiative, feel a sense of relief and hopefulness. When faced with the certainty, safety, and speed that America’s Compact provides as a strong solution to our countries looming debt problems, there’s usually only one question left-How does the Compact really work? First, it’s important for Americans to understand that America’s Compact for a Balanced Budget is already working! So far, conscienti

Building on the buzz fare generated by Rep. Gosar’s powerful piece outlining America’s need to Compact for a balanced budget amendment in The Hill last month, Compact for America’s council of scholar’s member, Sven Larson also helped school Washington on our need to "reopen" the case for a balanced budget amendment in The Hill this morning. After stating that while the GOP's budget is a "welcome change for the better," Mr. Larson points out just how susceptible the GOP's budg

On the last Monday in May, Americans remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving our country. In an effort to show our deepest gratitude to the families and military service members who died for the cause of freedom, Compact for America is hosting a special Memorial Day Marathon. CFA’s Memorial Day Marathon will highlight military centric content in order to honor those who were/are brave enough to do what most Americans won’t, so most American’s don’t have to. Thr

Getting a Balanced Budget via Article V Constitutional Convention 2.0: Nick Dranias of the "Compact for America" Explains How 38 States Could Force Congress to Spend Within Its Means via Reason.Com Forcing the federal government to keep to a balanced budget has been a dream of the fiscally conservative, or those just worried about ruinous debt, for decades. “Force” is the operative word—there seems little hope that Congress will embrace consistent fiscal discipline on its own

This blog post is the third and last of 3, explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating federal constitutional amendments from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is truly “

This blogpost is the first in a series of three explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating Constitutional amendments-from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is truly “Art

America's Compact got one step closer to restoring fiscal sanity in D.C. yesterday with strong support from the Missouri Senate. The Missouri Senate voted 27-6 to pass SB 433-America's Compact for a balanced budget yesterday, and the historic legislation also received its first reading in the MO House as well. Lets thank the Missouri Senate for compacting with the American people to advance and ratify a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution, and make sure to support t

For decades now, Americans have allowed all the “conventional” fears to run the Article V-balanced budget amendment debate, but in many ways, these “conventional” fears were justified, because all previous Article V efforts did little to address people’s honest concerns, and the genuine fears they had surrounding the Article V issue. Thankfully, today, these conventional fears have been addressed with America’s Compact for a balanced budget. But, unfortunately, this doesn’t p

On Monday, April 13, 2015, before the Pennsylvania Senate and House State Government Committee, Representative Gabler, Senator Folmer, and Representative Metcalfe introduced Resolution 63; which calls for a limited Aticle V Convention under the United States Constitution. The full public hearing can be viewed on the Pennsylvania Senate Republicans site here. You can watch the full pulbic hearing, or watch Compact for America's President and Executive Director, Nick Drainias g

Every time an election cycle gets close, we get to witness and hear all the popular catch phrases start to emerge. About a month before its time for campaign dollars to start pouring in, all the popular news media outlets get really serious about things like turnout rates and demographics. This makes sense. After all, in today’s techno-centric, information age, understanding how to engage specific age groups is extremely important to the success of any campaign. But there’s a