Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted against H.J.Res. 139, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution to require annual balanced federal budgets.

“If Republicans were serious about fiscal responsibility, they would not have passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer that adds $3.4 trillion to the deficit,” said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher.  “And they would not have allowed President Trump to spend $11.3 billion in just the first six days of the war with Iran.  Voting for a balanced budget amendment while refusing to exercise any oversight over this administration’s spending does not demonstrate fiscal responsibility—it demonstrates how unserious this majority is and how little this majority is willing to do its job to hold this lawless and out-of-control administration accountable.”

The resolution failed by a vote of 211-207, falling short of the two-thirds threshold required for the resolution to pass the House.