Balance Budget Movement has Win in Michigan

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Today the State Government Leadership Foundation (SGLF), the national organization which coordinates policy ideas with state-level leaders, applauded Speaker Jase Bolger and the Michigan State House for passing a balanced budget amendment. State-level leaders from across America are joining this effort to Demand Balance Now at www.DemandBalanceNow.com.”Michigan families know that to balance household budgets you don’t spend more than you have. Today’s action by Jase Bolger and the leadership of the Michigan State house follows a national trend to Demand Balance Now to immediately halt the ballooning $17 trillion debt from Obama’s Washington that will cripple our economy for years to come,” said SGLF Executive Director Matt Walter. “Make no mistake; our national debt is an immediate threat to our country and our children. It’s time to take back control of our national bank account and Demand Balance Now!”

Walter noted that in addition to Speaker Jase Bolger, Lt. Governor Brian Calley, and Senate President Pro Tempore Tonya Schuitmaker have also joined the Demand Balance Now initiative. This action by the House must now be concurred upon in the Senate. When this happens, Michigan will become the 23^rdstate passing a balanced budget amendment, coming on the heels of Tennessee and Georgia becoming the 21^st and 22^nd states.

Following a groundswell of support by citizens demanding an accountable federal government, SGLF is spearheading the national effort to support states as they work to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment through a limited Article V Convention. Twenty-two states have now passed legislation calling for a Balanced Budget Amendment that would be passed through a state-led constitutional convention. In addition to the 22 states which have passed this legislation, several other states have passed such legislation in one of their legislative chambers during their current legislative sessions. Thirty-four states are needed to tip the balance of power back to the states by calling for a convention of states.

Supporting SGLF’s citizen pledge to Demand Balance Now are elected leaders who support this call for a Balanced Budget Amendment including:

Alabama
Kay Ivey, Lieutenant Governor

Alaska
Mead Treadwell, Lieutenant Governor

Arizona
Andy Tobin, Speaker of the House

Arkansas
Michael Lamoureux, Senate President Pro Tempore

California
Connie Conway, Assembly Republican Leader

Colorado
Bill Cadman, Senate Republican Leader
Brian Del Grosso, House Republican Leader

Delaware
Gary Simpson, Senate Republican Leader

Florida
Lizbeth Benacquisto, Senate Majority Leader

Georgia
Casey Cagle, Lieutenant Governor
Brian Kemp, Secretary of State
David Shafer, Senate President
David Ralston, Speaker of the House

Illinois
Jim Durkin, House Republican Leader

Indiana
Sue Ellspermann, Lieutenant Governor
Brandt Hershman, Senate Majority Floor Leader
Brian Bosma, Speaker of the House
Eric Turner, Speaker Pro Tem of the House
Tim Brown, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee

Iowa
Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor
Linda Upmeyer, House Majority Leader

Kansas
Jeff Colyer, Lieutenant Governor
Kris Kobach, Secretary of State

Kentucky
Robert Stivers, Senate President
Jeff Hoover, Republican Floor Leader

Louisiana
Jay Dardenne, Lieutenant Governor

Michigan
Brian Calley, Lieutenant Governor
Tonya Schuitmaker, Senate President Pro Tempore
Jase Bolger, Speaker of the House

Mississippi
Tate Reeves, Lieutenant Governor
Delbert Hosemann, Secretary of State

Missouri
Peter Kinder, Lieutenant Governor
Tim Jones, Speaker of the House

Nevada
Pat Hickey, Assembly Republican Leader

New Mexico
John Sanchez, Lieutenant Governor
Nate Gentry, House Republican Whip

Ohio
Mary Taylor, Lieutenant Governor
Jon Husted, Secretary of State

Oregon
Ted Ferrioli, Senate Republican Leader

Pennsylvania
Jim Cawley, Lieutenant Governor
Sam Smith, Speaker of the House

South Carolina
Mark Hammond, Secretary Of State

South Dakota
Jason Grant, Secretary of State

Tennessee
Ron Ramsey, Lieutenant Governor
Beth Harwell, Speaker of the House

Utah
Becky Lockhart, Speaker of the House

Washington
Mark Schoesler, Senate Republican Leader

Wisconsin
Scott Fitzgerald, Senate Majority Leader
Robin Vos, Speaker of the House

Wyoming

Tom Lubnau, Speaker of the House

The pledge states:
We the undersigned have long observed the federal government accumulate a debt, now totaling over 17 trillion dollars, which is an immediate threat to our children’s future and is crippling our nation’s fiscal trajectory. We the undersigned have lost faith in the federal government’s ability to responsibly manage and control its own budget and spending. Therefore, for the sake of our children and our country’s future, we the undersigned pledge our support and hereby call for a state-led Article V Constitutional Convention convened for the limited purpose of passing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution.