08-06-2008, 12:31 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Republik of Kalifornia
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DEMOCRATIC PROMISE Scrutinize Every Spending Request
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DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #74: Scrutinize Every Spending Request
Promise: “[Democrats] are committed to auditing the books and subjecting every facet of federal spending to tough budget discipline and accountability, forcing the new Congress to choose a new direction and the right priorities for all Americans.”
– Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) “A New Direction for America,” Page 25
http://republicanleader.house.gov/br...nsparency.html
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H.R.3738
Earmark Reform Act of 2007
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to set a cap on allocated funds for earmarks.
10/3/2007--Introduced.
Earmark Reform Act 2007 - Amends the Congressional Budget of 1974 to subdivide amounts allocated to the congressional appropriations committees into:
(1) a specified total of new budget authority and outlays for earmarks in appropriations measures for the first fiscal year of the first concurrent budget resolution; and
(2) an amount of total new budget authority and outlays for such earmarks for the first fiscal year of each ensuing budget resolution equal to 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated to such committees. (Thus caps total earmarks at 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated each fiscal year to such committees.) Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment if its enactment would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays for a fiscal year to be exceeded.
Sponsor
* Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
All Bill Actions:
* Oct 04, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11304-11307)
* Oct 03, 2007: Referred to House Budget
* Oct 03, 2007: Referred to House Rules
* Oct 03, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
* Introduced on Oct 03, 2007.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3738/show
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At last real earmark reform. A bill comes along to cap earmarks at 1% of the total budget, that's a great idea! To bad the Pelosi and the Tuna Boat Gang don't think so. It has been languishing in committee for almost a year now and it does have the Nancy's Tuna Can expiration date on it so there's no way of knowing if they gave it a burial at sea yet. If any of these dopes are your representatives and are up for election in November, be sure to let them know pigeon holing this bill was unacceptable by voting against them.
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House Budget Commitee
* John Spratt, Chairman, South Carolina
* Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut
* Chet Edwards, Texas
* Lois Capps, California
* Jim Cooper, Tennessee
* Tom Allen, Maine
* Allyson Y. Schwartz, Pennsylvania
* Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
* Xavier Becerra, California
* Lloyd Doggett, Texas
* Earl Blumenauer, Oregon
* Marion Berry, Arkansas
* Allen Boyd, Florida
* Jim McGovern, Massachusetts
* Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey
* Bobby Scott, Virginia
* Bob Etheridge, North Carolina
* Darlene Hooley, Oregon
* Brian Baird, Washington
* Dennis Moore, Kansas
* Timothy Bishop, New York
* Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts
* Gwen Moore, Wisconsin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_..._on_the_Budget
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