A phony vote for a balanced budget amendment

Thursday night, the House failed to pass House Joint Resolution 2, a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. The resolution failed to get two-thirds of the House’s support to pass, with 233 in favor and 184 against. Seven Democrats voted in favor, and six Republicans voting against.

Ironically, exactly three weeks earlier, the House was miraculously able to find the votes to pass a massive $1.3 trillion omnibus package, increasing spending for all departments of the federal government. What’s funny is that members of Congress are trying to convince their constituents they are the fiscal conservatives they campaigned as, yet doing the exact opposite.