OK Becomes 29th State to Pass Balanced-Budget Resolution

Date: April 26, 2016 Last Edit: May 03, 2016

Jerrod Shouse, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, released the following statement today in response to the Oklahoma Senate voting “yes” on SJR 4, a resolution supporting a federal balanced budget amendment:

“This makes Oklahoma the 29th state to pass a resolution in support of a federal balanced-budget amendment.

“Today’s vote sends a message to Congress that we, the people, are tired of them spending us deeper and deeper into debt.

“SJR 4 authorizes state delegates to attend a limited convention of the states, as authorized by Article V of the U.S. Constitution, for the purpose of proposing a federal balanced budget amendment.

“Thirty-four states must authorize such a convention. Thirty-eight states would have to approve any agreed-upon language in order to ratify the amendment.

“This was a ‘key vote’ for NFIB/Oklahoma, meaning we alerted legislators that their votes would be monitored and reported back to our members, who overwhelmingly support a balanced-budget amendment.

“When we balloted our members about this issue in 2015, 77 percent of said we need to hold Congress accountable and pass a balanced-budget amendment.

“Congress needs to learn a lesson from Oklahoma’s small-business owners and learn to live within its means. If small businesses can stick to a budget, so can our politicians in Washington.”

NFIB/Oklahoma is the state’s leading small-business association representing a cross-section of the state’s economy. Learn more at www.NFIB.com/OK or follow @NFIB_OK on Twitter.

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