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Balanced budget amendment

A balanced budget amendment or debt brake is a constitutional rule requiring that a state cannot spend more than its income. It requires a balance between the projected receipts and expenditures of the government, and the balance requirement may be for each fiscal year or over a multi-year period.

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a natural disaster or severe economic crisisinstance ofThe Basic Law permits an exception to be made for emergencies0.80text
transportationinstance ofwhich generally allow states to use their debt capacity to finance long-term expenditures0.80text
other infrastructure.U.S. federal governmentThere is no balanced budget provision in the U.Sinstance ofwhich generally allow states to use their debt capacity to finance long-term expenditures0.80text
Medicareinstance ofmoney borrowed from federal funds0.80text
Social Security.Fiscal years 1940instance ofmoney borrowed from federal funds0.80text
Social Securityinstance ofmoney borrowed from federal funds0.80text
being in the state of warinstance ofBalanced-budget amendment proposals often contain an exemption for emergencies0.80text
other infrastructureinstance ofwhich generally allow states to use their debt capacity to finance long-term expenditures0.80text
Balanced budget amendmentrelated to External linksRes0.60section
Balanced budget amendmentrelated to External linksBalanced-Budget-Amendment0.60section
Balanced budget amendmentrelated to External linksSenate0.60section
Balanced budget amendmentrelated to External linksAugust0.60section

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