Tom Carper: “I think the concern for our side is that we are mindful of the possibility of this not being just a debate, an…”

“I think the concern for our side is that we are mindful of the possibility of this not being just a debate, an opportunity to address whether there should be a constitutional amendment as marriage being between a man and a woman, but an opportunity to consider other issues of a constitutional nature. There are people on our side interested in amendments that deal with campaign finance, in restricting money spent on campaigns. That is one example. As a Member of the House, when I served with Senator Santorum over there, we were great proponents of something called a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, not one that mandated a balanced budget, but one that said: Shouldn't the President be required to propose a balanced budget?”