I really cannot understand why line-item veto is good enough for 41 States, but when it comes to the Federal level a much tamer expedited re...
The Constitution does not give Congress a blank check to spend tax dollars on anything that it wants.
I am not sure I can say what the reasons are behind President Bush's decision.
I would rather, if this is as aggressive as you can get through the House and Senate, then I would support it because any small adjustment t...
One of the findings that you presented in your testimony is that line-item veto authority is used much more frequently during periods of eco...
Do you think it is fair to say that if S. 907 was to pass, then for the bill to survive judicial review the courts would have to address the...
Senator Carper's bill also includes the same types that are in the Impoundment Control Act.
I am not a prolific earmarker. I am actually a piker compared to most.
I do not think it would be a major shift.
the threat of voting on a rescission would at least help to deter legislators from trying to advance wasteful spending in the first place.
I believe you said that he never used it in 8 years.
I thought maybe we are making better use of our rescission powers than the President.
I think sometimes budget process things are sold for the wrong reasons or misunderstood or judged by the wrong standards.
As has been noted earlier today, our bill, maybe our bills essentially superimpose fast-track authority on top of the President's current re...
As a percentage of GDP, our national debt stands today at almost 85 percent, a level I think exceeded only during World War II, during the p...
I have always said that if I cannot convince 50 of my colleagues to support a request that I have made, then I am in the wrong business, or ...
Yet, the President says, we are going to have fiscal discipline. Members of Congress say, we are going to have fiscal discipline. Our questi...
I think the President finally saying, if you include funding again for the F-22, I am going to veto the bill, and that was very helpful.
