DeSantis: Amend U.S. Constitution For A Balanced Budget

March 24, 2025 8:13 pm

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited Idaho and Montana to advocate for a U.S. Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. His efforts aim to join the 27 states that have already passed similar resolutions, urging Congress to enforce fiscal responsibility at the federal level.

“An amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget would force Congress to get their act together and take action necessary for us to become a fiscally sound country once again. Most importantly, a constitutional amendment would make responsible federal spending practices—including those currently advocated for by @DOGE—permanent, so that no future Congress or President could undo them,” DeSantis posted on X.

“Congress will never cut off the spending spigot voluntarily. We the People must stop the gravy train. That’s why people across the country should advocate for their state to join those 27 others and call for a Balanced Budget Amendment.”

DeSantis joined Idaho Governor Brad Little to urge Idaho lawmakers to pass a resolution, aiming to reach the 34-state threshold needed to trigger an Article V convention for proposing the amendment.

The Process for Amending the U.S. Constitution

To add a Balanced Budget Amendment, the U.S. Constitution under Article V requires either:

A Convention of States: Two-thirds of state legislatures (34 out of 50) must pass resolutions calling for a convention to propose the amendment. If a convention proposes the amendment, it must then be ratified by three-fourths of the states (38 out of 50).
Congressional Proposal: Two-thirds of both the House and Senate must propose the amendment, followed by ratification by 38 states.

DeSantis is pursuing the first path—an Article V convention.

March 24, 2025 8:13 pm