Balanced budget amendment falls short in the House
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 19th, 2011 5:35 am by HL
Balanced budget amendment falls short in the House
The House on Friday fell short of approving a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, as the Republican majority failed to secure the support of enough Democrats to give the measure the two-thirds necessary for passage.
The measure, which is nearly identical to a balanced budget amendment that passed the House in January 1995, received 261 “yes” votes and 165 “no” votes.
Obama outpaces GOP rivals — and his own 2008 results — in small donations
Even with low approval ratings and an uncertain path to reelection, President Obama is exceeding expectations in one area: His campaign is doing far better at attracting grass-roots financial support this year than his Republican rivals or his own historic effort in 2008, according to new contribution data.
On Thursday night, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told Fox News that she hasn’t “had a gaffe or something that I’ve done that has caused me to fall in the polls.”
The idea that Bachmann hasn’t made any gaffes in her roller-coaster campaign for the 2012 presidential nomination is far-fetched at best. But in a sense, Bachmann is right. Her fall had (almost) everything to do with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and (almost) nothing to do with her misstatements.
