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Which Brain Trusts Support the Compact for America Initiative?

The Compact for a Balanced Budget is only 34 state enactments, one 24 hour-long convention, and 1 congressional resolution away from the proposal and ratification of a powerful Balanced Budget Amendment. Other Article V efforts, including the 40 year old BBA task force effort and the more recent Convention of the States effort, while worthy of your consideration, are at least 68 state enactments, one indefinitely long convention, and 2 congressional resolutions away from any

An Open Letter to Compact for America Supporters from Board Member Nick Dranias

Dear Compact for America supporter: As you know, the political class in Washington is mortgaging our future. Special interest groups are being promised everything they demand. Bureaucrats are building vast empires of surveillance and control. This is happening because shifting the cost of grandiose promises and plans to future generations is a politically costless way of enhancing one's electoral prospects. As a result, the federal government has been bloated far beyond its c

Extra! Extra! Compact in the News!

Alan Caruba, columnist, Tea Party News Network, August 31, 2014 says: "The [Compact for a Balanced Budget's] amendment would put 'an initially fixed limit on the amount of federal debt.' It would ensure Washington cannot spend more than tax revenue brought in at any point in time, with the sole exception of borrowing under the fixed debt limit. It would force Washington to reduce spending long before borrowing reaches its debt limit, preventing any default on obligations; som

Alan Caruba of the Canada Free Press Covers Compact for a Balanced Budget

Caruba: The Compact's proposed Balanced Budget Amendment "would ensure Washington cannot spend more than tax revenue brought in at any point in time, with the sole exception of borrowing under the fixed debt limit. It would force Washington to reduce spending long before borrowing reaches its debt limit, preventing any default on obligations; something threatening many other nations as well." Read more here! #compactmomentum

Compact for a Balanced Budget Now!

There is only one plausible path to advancing a powerful federal balanced budget amendment from the states in as few as 12 months-that is the Compact for America approach. The Compact for America approach involves forming an agreement among the states, with simple majority approval from Congress, to simplify and safeguard federal constitutional reform. Just last session, the Compact for America approach to advancing a balanced budget amendment was passed by the States of Geor