Senate President Jeff Atwater sent a letter to the state’s Congressional delegation today asking them to back legislation requiring a balanced federal budget like Florida’s own laws mandate.

Atwater, a North Palm Beach banker, is running for chief financial officer.

“Unfunded mandates, insurmountable debt, and unconscionable spending are mortgaging our children and grandchildren’s future. Therefore I ask for your help to protect our Nation’s economic liberty. A strong economy is nothing short of the very foundation on which our Republic stands. That is why we need a Federal Balanced Budget Amendment,” Atwater wrote to Florida’s Congressional delegation leader U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart.

Atwater asks the Florida delegation to sign a “Pledge for America’s Future comprised of spending-related “whereases” that Atwater and his staff crafted on their own, Atwater spokeswoman Jaryn Emhof said.

Here’s a sample:

“WHEREAS, the Federal Government has for too long relied on revenue increases and borrowing against our future rather than on prudent spending decisions within the limits of current revenues, and
WHEREAS, lasting resolution of this nation’s budget deficit can be achieved only by addressing the spending habits of our Federal Government, not by increasing the tax burden under which our citizens already labor.”

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