Claim: At the Conservative Political Action Conference, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said that the Senate was "in violation of Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of our U.S. Constitution" by failing to "pass a budget." She's referring to a budget resolution. But that constitutional clause doesn't mention a budget or a budget resolution, which was not required of the Senate until the 1974 Congressional Budget Act. The responses to Palin's interpretation from constitutional scholars ranged from "completely invalid" to "kind of a stretch."
Fact-check: Palin's Constitutional Stretch  - FactCheck.org
Verdict: at the conservative political action conference, former alaska gov. sarah palin said that the senate was "in violation of article i, section 9, clause 7 of our u.s. constitution" by failing to "pass a budget." she's referring to a budget resolution. but that constitutional clause doesn't mention a budget or a budget resolution, which was not required of the senate until the 1974 congressional budget act. the responses to palin's interpretation from constitutional scholars ranged from "completely invalid" to "kind of a stretch."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2013-03-19T19:15:16