My reaction is NOT an endorsement of the GOP plan to achieve said balance, rather a guttural a response to a 2-decade wait since the last attempt at fiscal sanity in Washington.
In another move upstaging and likely upsetting Speaker Boehner, Cantor gets serious, or at least pretends to. This is a first step in a long process that will require passage by both chambers of congress, a presidential signature and ratification by at least 38 states.
Bad for stocks, good for bonds, and outstanding for your children and grandchildren.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement regarding House consideration of a balanced budget amendment, H.J. Res. 1, sponsored by Congressman Bob Goodlatte:
“We are being asked by the Obama Administration to approve a debt limit increase. While President Obama inherited a bad economy, his overspending and failure to enact pro-growth policies have made it worse and now our national debt is currently more than $14 trillion. House Republicans have made clear that we will not agree to raise the debt limit without real spending cuts and binding budget process reforms to ensure that we don’t continue to max out the credit card. One option to ensure that we begin to get our fiscal house in order is a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, and I expect to schedule such a measure for the House to consider during the week of July 25th. I have no doubt that my Republican colleagues will overwhelmingly support this common sense measure and I urge Democrats to as well in order to get our fiscal house in order."