With structural amendments that cannot be ignored. Repeal of the 17th amendment would restore essential, freedom saving separation of powers between the states and the government they created.
A balanced budget statute is all well and good, but out of control spending is a symptom and not the cause of our distress.
Article V ping!
Precisely! The states no longer have representation in DC. The Founders envisioned a bicameral legislature as The House of Representatives being the house of the people, and the Senate being the house of the states. The 17th Amendment, although well-intentioned and arguably a necessity at the time, was, with now 100 years of hindsight, a mistake that needs to be remedied.
Prohibition seemed like a good idea at the time, too. We fixed it, and by God, the world did not end, and neither did the Republic.
Simply rectifying that one error, making Senators once again answerable directly to their respective state legislatures, will push the actions of the Senate more in a direction preferred by the states that sent them there.