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  • H. J. RES. 8 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide certain line item veto authority to the President.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:334

    H. J. RES. 8 proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow the President to have certain line item veto authority. This means the President could choose to reduce specific appropriations in a bill or joint resolution, making it law with those reductions. If...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill suggests changing the rules so that the President can pick and choose parts of a money plan from Congress to cross out, like selectively erasing some items from a shopping list, but if enough Congress members disagree, they can put those items back.

  • H. J. RES. 2 — Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:207

    H. J. RES. 2 proposes an amendment to the United States Constitution requiring that government spending does not exceed its income each fiscal year, effectively mandating a balanced budget. The amendment also states that any increase in the public debt of the United States is...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill is like a rule for the country's money, saying the government can't spend more than it earns each year, like how someone shouldn't spend more than they have in their piggy bank. It also says the government needs a lot of people to agree if it wants to make new ways to collect money, like taxes.