He intended to talk about campaign finance reform, a balanced budget, Medicare and Social Security.
It has been attempted before (flat tax, fewer deductions, balanced budget, etc.) with no success.
Only a couple of trillion more, and Mr. Obama will have a balanced budget.
And worst of all, Clinton co-opts popular conservative ideas like welfare reform and a balanced budget.
The latest push for a balanced budget amendment is just more unseasonable GOP pie-in-the-sky grandiosity.
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Their top priorities: Eliminate the Department of Education and pass the balanced budget amendment.
The same drafting error came up when GOP senators introduced a balanced budget amendment in 2011.
Lott said reaching a balanced budget is much harder without the CPI on the table.
But the folks who put a balanced budget above economic growth have their priorities upside down.
Six and a half years ago, we had a balanced budget and a surplus.
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It also would be reflected in a balanced budget, excluding interest payments on the debt.
The proposed Balanced Budget Amendment would also include a supermajority requirement to raise taxes.
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But a statutory debt limit is a poor substitute for a constitutional balanced budget amendment.
My balanced budget will help to hire 100, 000 new teachers who pass the state competency test.
This is the approach we have to take to get America to a balanced budget.
So my balanced budget triples the funding for summer school and after school programs.
Our balanced budget will help another 200, 000 people move to the dignity and pride of work.
We had a balanced budget in 2000, then we fought two wars without paying for them.
And a reminder, too, for Republicans: anything less than a balanced budget shortchanges their 'revolution'.
It would take an act of God to even have a balanced budget, nevertheless pay off debt.
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To move steadily toward a balanced budget, we must also lighten government's claim on our total economy.
As chief of staff, Bowles helped negotiate the 1997 budget, the first balanced budget in 30 years.
Despite what the voters may want, under the new pact countries will have to deliver a balanced budget.
So a balanced budget is a reasonable goal, because it returns government to its proper limits and focus.
California lawmakers are racing to approve a balanced budget by midnight tonight at the risk of losing pay.
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Both are keen on cutting taxes and reinvesting in health but only once a balanced budget has been achieved.
My balanced budget will increase funding for these critical efforts by almost two-thirds over the next 5 years.
"We think the time to get the balanced budget done and welfare reform done is now, " said Gingrich.
Six in 10 likely voters believe a Balanced Budget Amendment is long overdue.
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The press, which prides itself on skepticism, swallowed the balanced budget line whole.
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