 Complete the following phrase:  The 1980 presidential election gave the presidency to Republican Ronald Reagan and control of the Senate to the Republicans. With President Reagans support, passage of the amendment started to seem more possible. On August 4, 1982 the United States Senate introduced and debated Joint Resolution 58, an Amendment to the United States Constitution requiring for each years Federal budget that total outlays are no greater than total receipts without three-fifths majority vote of both houses. Joint Resolution 58 passed in the Senate but was defeated in the House of Representatives, falling 46 votes short of the 23 majority needed. The amendments backers, far from despairing, said that it was needed more than ever. They began a plan to make an end run around Congress, for the U.S. Constitution also allows two-thirds of state legislatures to petition for a convention to be called for the purpose of writing proposed amendments to the Constitution, a procedure which has never happened under the Constitution; the Constitution itself was created by the 