71.   Dean said he favored a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution but added that it must also prohibit the federal government from shifting costs to the states.

72.   Democratic governors have expressed concern that the balanced budget amendment might end up busting state budgets.

73.   Dodd also said Democrats should not stop all Republican initiatives, such as a balanced budget amendment, but instead offer constructive amendments.

74.   Dole also undercut Gingrich and his House colleagues on the matter of a balanced budget amendment Sunday.

75.   Dole has said he may bring up the budget amendment again this year or next.

76.   Dole, he said, is for the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, while Clinton is not.

77.   Dole also predicted that the Senate would revive the balanced budget amendment, which failed by one vote earlier this year.

78.   During an all-day work session, the group met to discuss the balanced budget amendment, unfunded mandates, welfare reform and other issues affecting states.

79.   Even if such cuts could be made, over the long run a Social Security exclusion would defeat the purpose of a balanced budget amendment.

80.   First on his list would be to get Congress to pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.