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I don't want to misstate McClintock's position so I am searching for his original article (in about 2007, iirc) that laid out his beliefs. Basically, he thinks the super-majority should be dropped for budgets, but kept for raising taxes AND fees. Accountability would lie with the party that passed the budget.

Below is from an article quoting him... I'll keep looking for the article I remember.

“A perverse result of the supermajority requirement is that it does not constrain state spending,” McClintock says. “What it does is bid up the cost of the budget with each additional vote. Every additional vote comes with louder calls for higher spending.
“You hear, ‘This program is really, really important to me and I’m not going to vote for the budget unless it’s thrown in, plus a park in my district.’ ”
… Moreover, McClintock contends, allowing the majority party to pass a budget on its own would pinpoint blame. “Voters deserve to know which party is responsible for the budget and hold it accountable,” he says.