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===Fiscal Responsibility Act===
An [[Unsuccessful attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution|amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] that would require a balanced budget unless sanctioned by a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress (H.J.Res.1, passed by the US House [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1995/roll051.xml Roll Call: 300-132], January 26, 1995, but rejected by the US Senate: [https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=1&vote=00098 Roll Call 65–35] (the amendment was defeated by a single vote, with one Republican opposed, [[Oregon]] Republican senator [[Mark Hatfield]]; [[Bob Dole]] cast a procedural vote against the amendment to bring it up again in the future), March 2, 1995, two-thirds required.<ref name="AD090813">{{cite news |title=Hatfield Remembered for Vote Against Balanced Budget Amendment |work=[[Roll Call]] |date=August 8, 2011 |url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/hatfield_remembered_for_vote_against_amendment-208068-1.html |access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref>