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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

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    Question for the Congressman. (none / 0) (#1)
    by KG One on Mon Nov 15, 2010 at 03:19:10 PM EST
    "To immediately cut spending and the size and scope of government, we must also require that any committee legislation scored by CBO have a net cost to taxpayers directly offset by cuts to programs within that committee's jurisdiction. Moreover, we must not tolerate any "offsets" from tax increases.

    In the next Congress, at least 235 members will have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Tax hikes are off the table -- forcing us all to focus on the actual problem: spending."

    Wouldn't a more effective method of reigning in Congressional spending be to require that ALL appropriations cite the constitutional authority for that appropriation?

    For example, if someone wanted to slip in an appropriation of, say, $1.5 billion dollars more for Pakistan, that the relevant portion of the US Constitution be cited before that money is spent?

    No citation, no spending.

    The Pledge to America mentions this, but I am not hearing too many elected officials promoting this basic concept.

    Why is this?

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