Stop Federal Overspending ; Plan Controls Spigot and Offers Line-Item Authority

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If Capt. Renault stepped into today's Senate instead of Rick's Cafe in 1941 Casablanca, he would feel quite at home. He would observe"I'mshocked, SHOCKED, to find that deficit spending is going on in here!"

Simply put, the federal budget process is ailing. In fact, it is on life support. The Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, which provided real teeth in the budget process, expired in 2002. Furthermore, because of a lack of will to control spending, Congress has failed to adopt a budget resolution for three of the past five years.

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Stop Federal Overspending ; Plan Controls Spigot and Offers Line-Item Authority

Each year, Congress embraces score-keeping gimmicks to get around any limitations. Site-specific earmarks and non-peer-reviewed projects are increasing last year's highway bill being a poster child fo...

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