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Balanced Budget Amendment Inc. Formation August 2010; 13 years ago (2010-08 ) Type 501(c)(4) 27-1351108
[1] Purpose Advocating for a balanced-budget amendment Location Website
bba4usa .org
The Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force is a conservative Florida-based lobbying organization supporting a
balanced-budget amendment to the
United States Constitution .
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The group advocates an
Article V convention to include such an amendment.
[4] An Article V convention is convened at the request of two-thirds of the states. Twenty-seven have made the request.
[2] Thirty-four are needed and then thirty-eight states would be needed for ratification of any proposed amendments.
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States requesting a convention
Alabama
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Alaska
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Arizona
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Arkansas
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Florida
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Georgia
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Kansas
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Louisiana
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Michigan
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Mississippi
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Missouri
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Nebraska
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New Hampshire
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North Carolina
North Dakota
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Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Utah
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Wyoming
States rejecting a convention
Colorado
Delaware
Maryland
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Nevada
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New Mexico
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"Balanced Budget Amendment Inc. Form 990 2015" . ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2017 .
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"America might see a new constitutional convention in a few years" . The Economist. September 30, 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017 .
^ Wines, Michael (August 22, 2016).
"Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution" . New York Times . Retrieved 28 September 2017 .
^ Celock, John (March 28, 2013).
"Balanced Budget Advocates Seek Article V Constitutional Convention" . Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 September 2017 .
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"Rewrite The Constitution? Several States Are Trying To" . NPR. Retrieved 29 September 2017 .
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"States Likely Could Not Control Constitutional Convention on Balanced Budget Amendment or Other Issues" . Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrieved 29 September 2017 .
^ Rau, Alia Beard (September 15, 2017).
"Phoenix constitutional convention gives 'rebirth to a new nation,' planners say" . Arizona Republic. Retrieved 29 September 2017 .
^ McKelway, Doug (May 15, 2017).
"Push for Convention of the States to rein in government gains steam" . Fox News Politics. Retrieved 29 September 2017 .
^ Richmond, Todd (November 7, 2017).
"Wisconsin Senate OKs Constitutional Convention Call" . US News. AP. Retrieved 8 November 2017 .
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"We're surprisingly close to our first constitutional convention since 1787. Bad idea" . Washington Post . May 6, 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017 .