Conservatives revolt over lack of cuts | TheHill: Rank and file House Republicans opposed to their leadership's debt limit plan are brainstorming new ways to limit federal spending.
Even as GOP leaders seem intent on pushing through a debt ceilng bill this week that doesn't demand any new spending curbs, several conservative lawmakers are pressing for new ideas.
A few Republicans are hoping to to tie a debt ceiling increase to a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. Late Monday, Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) proposed legislation that would require both the House and Senate to vote on a balanced budget amendment.
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