Dewhurst: Call a constitutional convention to force balanced budget

Slater reports on Dewhurst's call for a balanced budget amendment:

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is raising the idea of Texas and other states convening a constitutional convention to force the federal government to balance the budget. Dewhurst says deficit spending is out of control in D.C. And he says the solution is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to ban it. There are two ways to amend the Constitution - either Congress acts first or the states can. "I doubt this Congress is going to pass legislation for a balanced budget that would be circulated to the states," Dewhurst said today. So he wants the Legislature to vote shortly after it assembles in January on a resolution effectively bypassing Congress and supporting a convention.