ATLANTA (March 7, 2012) — Today, the Georgia State Senate passed Senate Resolution 673 authored by Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) with a vote of 30 to 20. The vote occurred in the waning hours of the 30th day of the 2012 Legislative Session. SR 673 petitions the United States Congress to call a convention for the purpose of proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. The resolution recommends that the total of all federal appropriations made by the Congress for any fiscal year may not exceed that total of all estimated federal revenue for that fiscal year. An exception would be made during the state of a national emergency.