Dem senator supports balanced-budget amendment

There's a bit of momentum this evening in regards to the proposed balanced-budget amendment.

From the Senate Republican Communications Center:

Great News, America!

Now That Jon Tester Is Promising He ‘Will Lead Efforts To Balance The Federal Budget,’ Americans Are Sure To Get What They Want

Don’t Worry – He Promised His Home State He’d Come Through

“Jon Tester will lead efforts to balance the federal budget…” (“Real Change, Real Vision For Montana Plan,” Jon Tester Website, Accessed 7/14/11)

· SEN. JON TESTER (D-MT): “It’s absolutely critical.” “My folks did not teach me to not have a fiscal balanced budget. It’s absolutely critical… Because I am of the belief that you take care of your own self and you don’t pass your debts on to your kids...Let’s be fiscally responsible. Let’s have a fiscally balanced budget.” (Montana Senate Debate, 6/25/06)

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TESTER SPOKESMAN: “Of course Jon supports a balanced budget…” (“Rehberg Chides Tester Over Budget-Balancing Vote,” Billings Gazette, 3/3/11)

Surveys Show A ‘Vast Majority Of Americans Favor Balanced Budget Amendment’

“…there is overwhelming support for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring a balanced budget… Interest in enacting a balanced budget amendment clearly has spiked due to the unprecedented increase of budget deficits in excess of $1.6 trillion.” (“Poll: Vast Majority of Americans Favor Balanced Budget Amendment,” Yahoo News, 5/27/11)

FOX NEWS: “Would you favor or oppose a balanced budget amendment -- that is, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would require the federal government to produce a balanced budget? Favor: 72% Oppose: 20%.” (Fox News Poll, 6/26-28/11)

SACHS/MASON-DIXON: “As the intense debate over the federal budget continues to dramatically unfold in Washington, a new Sachs/Mason-Dixon poll finds an overwhelming number of Americans would support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring Congress to pass a balanced budget every year.” (“Sachs/Mason-Dixon Poll Finds Strong National Support For A Balanced Budget Amendment,” Sachs/Mason-Dixon Poll, 5/27/11)

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Q: “Do you support or oppose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring Congress to pass a balanced budget every year? Nation … Support 65%.” (“Sachs/Mason-Dixon Poll Finds Strong National Support For A Balanced Budget Amendment,” Sachs/Mason-Dixon Poll, 5/27/11)

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“81 percent of Republicans, 68 percent of independents and 45 percent of Democrats support a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” (“Sachs/Mason-Dixon Poll Finds Strong National Support For A Balanced Budget Amendment,” Sachs/Mason-Dixon Poll, 5/27/11)

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