Spending Reform

"The nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on the earth is a government program."

-President Ronald Reagan

Our economy is facing the worst crisis in decades, and our government faces a budget deficit of nearly half a trillion dollars – triple what it was just a year ago. And in just a few years, Social Security threatens to run dry and Medicare costs are projected to bankrupt us. But the problem in Washington isn’t a lack of money, it’s an insatiable appetite for more spending, much of it wasted.

Families across the country are tightening their belts, yet Washington continues to let its out even more. That’s why I have called for a comprehensive solution to tackle the budget crisis in our country head-on. My four-part plan, the Spending Reform Act of 2008, puts in place proven tools to force Congress to clean up its financial house in the short-term and stop ducking the long- term budget problems facing America. It protects the taxpayer dollar by:

• Placing an annual spending cap on the budget, adjusted only for inflation

• Creating a bi-partisan Sunset Commission to identify waste and duplicate programs within our bureaucracy and eliminate those that are no longer working

• Establishing a bi-partisan panel, called the “SAVE Commission,” to identify how we can best sustain our entitlement programs – Social Security and Medicare, authored by my colleague Rep. Frank Wolf

• Imposing a one-year moratorium on all earmarks, and appointing a commission to study our broken process and make recommendations to prevent wasteful spending, authored by my colleague Rep. Jack Kingston.

Ways and Means Committee

• Social Security Subcommittee
• Trade Subcommittee

Joint Economic Committee

Bills Sponsored By Rep. Kevin Brady

Bills Cosponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady

US House of Representatives- Votes 110th Congress, 1st Session

US House of Representatives- Votes 110th Congress, 2nd Session

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The Legislative Process

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