claim: (rep. bob goodlatte's) balanced budget amendment does not require a balanced budget.
author: bobby scott
evidence_1: apr 12, 2018 ... the balanced budget amendment said congress can't spend more than it ... a  constitutional amendment that would require congress not spend more than ...  bob goodlatte of virginia, said congress can't spend more than it takes in, ...  budget amendment," goodlatte said on the house floor thursday. rep.
evidence_2: apr 10, 2018 ... bob goodlatte (r-va) is the author of the balanced budget amendment ... by not  doing a budget this year, we now have to add the house (and maybe ... these  gop reps now want to be able to say they're fiscally responsible.
evidence_3: apr 6, 2018 ... rep. bob goodlatte, r-va., says a balanced-budget amendment has been ... it  would also require a three-fifths majority to raise the debt limit, a high ... from  house majority leader kevin mccarthy has not yet been released.
evidence_4: apr 12, 2018 ... the house is scheduled to vote on a balanced budget amendment thursday. ... a  balanced budget every year, the federal government does not have the same  requirement. ... bob goodlatte (r-va) gets a vote on a version of this amendment.  ... no one on main street, that will take this vote seriously,” rep.
evidence_5: apr 5, 2018 ... the amendment, introduced by house judiciary chairman bob goodlatte ... the  measure has virtually no chance of becoming law as it would ... "a constitutional  amendment requiring a balanced budget would ... a balanced budget every  congress since 2007," goodlatte said in a statement. ... former rep.