House Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor call for balanced budget amendment in Washington

Speaker of the John Boehner, R-OH, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-VA, (R to L) participate in a news conference to discuss plans for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July14, 2011. The bill comes as an August 2 deadline to raise the debt ceiling or face default looms. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg