1.   The council has said that jobs will have to be cut in order to balance the budget.

2.   But they do not say what they would cut to balance the budget.

3.   CSUN athletic director Dick Dull recommended the program be cut to balance the budget.

4.   For example, do Americans support spending billions of dollars for a missile defense system while domestic programs are cut to balance the budget?

5.   He also said he will sponsor legislation requiring Republicans to tell the public what programs they would cut to balance the budget under a proposed constitutional amendment.

6.   The Democrats have complained, with justification, about the reluctance of Republicans to explain where they would cut to balance the budget.

7.   The nonpartisan CBO provides Congress with the underlying economic forecasts lawmakers need to determine how much must be cut to balance the budget.

8.   Whatever happens with the amendment, the White House plans to keep pressing Republicans to show what programs they would cut to balance the budget.