Balanced-Budget Law: Congress's Easy Way Out From: The Washington Post | Date: May 31, 1992| Author: HOBART ROWEN | Copyright 1992 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

I return to the question of the "balanced budget amendment" (discussed in this space two weeks ago) because there is still a chance - a small one - that Congress will regain its senses and defeat a proposal that even its backers concede is a lousy idea.

One of the worst pieces of legislation in many years, a balanced budget amendment, if passed and ratified by 38 states, could put the government in a straitjacket limiting its response to social and economic emergencies such as the ...

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