21.   Approval of the measure is a crucial way station on the road to the grander Republican goal of a balanced budget amendment.

22.   As a representative, Torricelli voted for a balanced budget amendment three times.

23.   Approval of a balanced budget amendment fell one vote short of passage in the Senate two years ago.

24.   As for the budget amendment that Kujawski pushed, industry critics say it would have given Commerce a huge advantage in the group auto insurance market place.

25.   As for Smith, he promised to vote for a balanced budget amendment to the constitution if elected to the Senate.

26.   Ashcroft supports giving line-item veto power to the president and passage of a balanced budget amendment.

27.   As with the balanced budget amendment, there has been a great deal of partisan posturing on the unfunded mandates legislation.

28.   Ashcroft thinks he can best serve Missourians by pursuing a balancing budget amendment, reducing the size of government and providing tax relief for families.

29.   At the same time, both plans also call for increased defense spending as well as the balanced budget amendment.

30.   At the top of the list is support for a line-item veto and a balanced budget amendment with a mandatory tax limit.