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The Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation supports a variety of statutory and constitutional approaches to limit federal spending and debt. Uniquely, FFSF is leading the effort to support litigation by the states to enforce their equal power under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose a fiscal responsibility amendment. (More)

Fiscal Responsibility Applications
39 in 1979 and 40 in 1983

(36 states in 2017)

■ = Fiscal Responsibility Applications	■ = Plenary Applications
Alaska’s application was in 1982. Missouri’s Fiscal Responsibility application in 1983 replaced its 1907 Plenary application.

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