Former Idaho Gov. Butch Otter

Idaho balances its budget. Washington, D.C., should too.

Join Butch Otter in supporting the federal Balanced Budget Amendment.

Idaho does it. Idaho families do it. Washington, D.C., can do it too. When 34 states call for a Balanced Budget Amendment, Congress has to act. That’s the most pressure the states can put on Washington to make a balanced budget required.

28 states have done it. Idaho can help get us to 34.

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Why is this needed?

Washington, D.C., won't balance its budget on its own.

Idaho has to balance its budget every year. Washington, D.C., doesn’t.

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Butch Otter

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Butch Otter, former Governor of Idaho

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28 states have called for it. Idaho could be next.

States whose legislatures have called for a Balanced Budget Amendment.

See all 28 states and when each passed
  1. Alabama 2011 · SJR 100
  2. Alaska 1982 · HJR 17
  3. Arizona 2017 · HCR 2013
  4. Arkansas 1979 · HJR 1
  5. Florida 2024 · HCR 703
  6. Georgia 2014 · SR 371
  7. Indiana 1979 · SJR 8
  8. Iowa 1979 · SJR 1
  9. Kansas 1978 · SCR 1661
  10. Louisiana 2014 · HCR 70
  11. Michigan 2014 · SJR V
  12. Mississippi 1975 · HCR 51
  13. Missouri 1983 · SCR 3
  14. Nebraska 1976 · LR 106
  15. New Hampshire 2012 · HCR 40
  16. North Carolina 1979 · SJR 1
  17. North Dakota 2015 · HCR 3015
  18. Ohio 2013 · SJR 5
  19. Oklahoma 2021 · SJR 4
  20. Pennsylvania 1976 · R 236
  21. South Carolina 2026 · H 3007
  22. South Dakota 2015 · HJR 1001
  23. Tennessee 2014 · HJR 548
  24. Texas 1977 · HCR 31
  25. Utah 2015 · HJR 7
  26. West Virginia 2016 · HCR 36
  27. Wisconsin 2017 · AJR 21
  28. Wyoming 2017 · HJR 2

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