Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has lent his voice to an ever-growing group of conservative policymakers who are calling for a national convention to add a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
During a speech Thursday to the Texas Public Policy Orientation in Austin, Jindal said he would urge the Louisiana Legislature to sign on to the national effort to force a discussion on a federal balanced-buget amendment, according a report in The Austin American-Statesman. The balanced budget issue has been a stalwart of national conservative politics for several presidential election cycles.