Pence: "It's Time for a Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution"

We believe that Rep Mike Pence (R-IN) has the right idea. It has become painfully obvious that Leadership in the Congress from both parties in the past has failed the American people. Earmarks and pork have been used by members for their home states/districts with little regard to how much money it is costing the US Taxpayers. Many have put their own self interest ahead of what is best for the Country.

When Democrats chose Nancy Pelosi, a known Progressive, for Speaker in Jan 2007, they set in motion this debacle we have today where she wants to pass a bill so we can learn what is in the bill. Typical Democrat Progressive speak -- if the Leader Obama says pass it, then 'we' must pass it no matter if 2/3's of the American people don't want the current Democrat Healthcare bills. She is as much as dictator in the House as we have ever seen and is bad for America. She cracks her whip and until now the Democrats lined up to be told how to vote with rare exceptions. For first time, Democrat members are openly telling Pelosi "NO" which we never thought we would see.

Choosing a Speaker of the House is so important. We do not believe that Speaker Hastert was right person for the job. It became painfully obvious after Cong Armey, DeLay, and Watts left the Congress that the new Hastert Leadership Team was less fiscal conservative and kept adding new programs, but nothing to what we see today. The Congress is not there to rubberstamp the President but are there to represent the American people. When Hastert resigned on Nov 26, 2007, that left the new Minority Leader Boehner with Hastert's old Leadership Team and less then a year to the next election which turned out to be a disaster for Republicans.

For Republicans, the one bright spot to come out of the 2008 election was that the vast majority of Republicans in Congress today are more fiscally conservative and responsive to their constituents. The new Boehner Leadership Team that took over in the House in January 2009 is the best we have seen. Even though very much out manned, they keep right on fighting against the progressives and their plans to move America toward socialism.

This Pence Spending Limit Amendment is further proof that the House Republican Leadership understands what this Country needs and is willing to put forward the ideas to get it done. Ater the Obama Healthcare Summit, Americans came away with a better idea of what this Administration and Congress was all about. Obama came to lecture, Democrats came to present their sob stories, and Republicans came fully armed with facts and ideas which Obama and the Democrats did not want to hear. Cong Paul Ryan showed all of us when he took on Obama and won that we have some bright young Republican leaders in Congress who are looking out for best interest of America.

Republican Leader Boehner, Minority Whip Cantor, and House Republican Conference Chair Pence along with 99% of our Republican House Members deserve our thanks for always standing up for the taxpayers of America. Even when outmanned, they don't quit and keep right on fighting the march toward socialism by the Democrats.

Pence: "It's Time for a Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution"

“If we fail to act, our children will be less free, less prosperous, and less secure. It’s time for a Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, gave the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on his proposed Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution:

"Federal spending is out of control, and the American people know it. Our nation is facing a fiscal crisis of epic proportions. In the past five years, federal spending has climbed from an historic average of 20 percent of the American economy to nearly 25 percent today, and it's rising. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the first five months of this fiscal year the federal government ran a deficit of $655 billion, keeping the country on track for a record $1.6 trillion deficit this year.

"After years of trying to rein in federal spending under Republican and Democrat administrations, the American people want fiscal discipline and they want new ideas. That's why Congressmen Jeb Hensarling, John Campbell, and myself introduced the Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Under our amendment, absent a declaration of war and a two-thirds vote in the Congress, Congress would be required to adhere to its historic percentage of the economy.

"For the last 60 years we've only taken 20 cents on the American dollar out of this economy. It's time we put that limit in the Constitution of the United States. If we fail to act, our children will be less free, less prosperous, and less secure. It's time for a Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution of the United States."