text: This morning the Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing titled ?ÛÏConstitutional Solution to Our Escalating National Debt: Examining Balanced Budget Amendments.?Û?  I support a Constitutional amendment to balance the budget. A Balanced Budget Amendment would require Washington to balance its budget, just like the families and businesses in Southwest Missouri.  The House of Representatives brought a Balanced Budget Amendment to a vote on November 18, 2011.  I voted for the Balanced Budget Amendment, but unfortunately the measure failed to gain the two-thirds majority vote it needed to pass. 