Claim: "This past  session, we passed out of the Legislature a resolution requiring Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the  Constitution."
Fact-check: David Dewhurst says the 2011 Legislature required Congress to pass balanced-budget amendment to U.S. Constitution
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2011-07-25T00:00:00