As frustration mounts over a plan to borrow money to balance the budget, state Rep. Ryan Winkler says he wants a constitutional amendment to prevent future borrowing for daily government expenses.

"Borrowing from our future revenues is simply using a loophole to skirt our constitutional responsibility and we should never do it again," the Golden Valley DFLer said Monday.

Winkler said he will introduce a proposed constitutional amendment when legislators convene for a special session, likely this week.

Minnesota has a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, but that doesn't prevent state leaders from borrowing money to get past the rough patches and squaring the ledger, at least on paper.

Winkler said the amendment won't impact the current budget deal, which will rely on $1.4 billion in borrowing from schools and the sale of bonds backed with tobacco settlement money.

Winkler said he hopes the change would prevent what he calls an irresponsible budget practice from being used in the future.

"The consequences of this risky one-time borrowing are not fully known," Winkler said. "I think everyone will admit that putting our current deficit on the credit card is bad for Minnesota and we should retire this irresponsible budget practice for good."