1)A balance budget amendment very nearly passed Congress, failed by 1 vote in the Senate I believe with 1 RINO voting no. Passing it is not an entirely unrealistic goal.
2)GW Bush supported an amendment to ban gay marriage, such an amendment could have passed in 1995 maybe but the time it was proposed, it was too late. Scott Walker supports an amendment to basically reinstate the defense of marriage act. Sadly even amendment will not pass now, but it certainly could have during the W Bush administration if anyone had the foresight to realize the damned court would toss out DOMA.
When was that?
Could something like that even work?
Dems would support one that automatically increases taxes on ‘the wealthy’