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House votes down balanced budget:
Story Date: 11/21/2011
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Source: PRESS RELEASE, 11/18/11
H. J. Res. 2, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring the federal government to have a balanced budget, did not pass the U.S. House. The measure failed with a vote ¬of 261-165, roughly two dozen votes short of the two-thirds majority required to pass a constitutional amendment. 236 Republicans voted for H.J. Res. 2, while 161 Democrats voted against it. Voting for the amendment: Howard Coble (R, NC-6), Renee Ellmers (R, NC-2), Virginia Foxx (R, NC -5), Walter B. Jones (R, NC-3), Larry Kissell (D, NC-8), Patrick McHenry (R, NC-10), Mike McIntyre (D, NC-7), Sue Myrick (R, NC-9), Heath Shuler (D, NC-11). Voting against the amendment: G.K. Butterfield (D, NC-1), Brad Miller (D, NC-13), David Price (D, NC-4), Mel Watt (D, NC-12)-no
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