up a balanced budget amendment which conservatives believe would help the government live within its means. i m for a balanced budget amendment because i think it would be tremendous improvement to the current situation where in the last 50 years they only balanced the budget six times and we had $15 trillion national debt. today, some lawmakers affiliated with the tea party unveiled their plan to seek to cut $9.7 trillion over ten years through deep cuts. slinking the federal government from 24% of gdp to 16%. it would also salvage our ability to fund everything from defense to entitlements if we reform it. we have to start the process of reforming it now and take bold aggressive steps to do that. while all here on capitol hill, wait to see if the super committee reach a deal. the members do not seem overly optimistic. they are already speaking openly about plans for weekend sessions of the panel. bret? here we go again. mike, thank you. the man suspected of firing at the wh
up a balanced budget amendment which conservatives believe would help the government live within its means. i m for a balanced budget amendment because i think it would be tremendous improvement to the current situation where in the last 50 years they only balanced the budget six times and we had $15 trillion national debt. today, some lawmakers affiliated with the tea party unveiled their plan to seek to cut $9.7 trillion over ten years through deep cuts. slinking the federal government from 24% of gdp to 16%. it would also salvage our ability to fund everything from defense to entitlements if we reform it. we have to start the process of reforming it now and take bold aggressive steps to do that. while all here on capitol hill, wait to see if the super committee reach a deal. the members do not seem overly optimistic. they are already speaking openly about plans for weekend sessions of the panel. bret? here we go again. mike, thank you. the man suspected of firing at the wh