HOUSE Key Vote Alert - Line Item Veto
KEY VOTE ALERT
"YES" ON LINE-ITEM VETO (HR 4890)
The Club for Growth, with its 35,000 members, plans to score a "YES" vote as a pro-economic growth vote in our annual rating of Congress on the Legislative Line-Item Veto Act of 2006 (H.R. 4890).
The Line-Item Veto Act would be a useful weapon in the fight against wasteful and excessive spending.
Under the proposal, after a spending bill becomes law, the president could suggest rescissions of selected projects to Congress. There would then be an expedited vote in Congress on whether or not the spending would be cancelled. If either house of Congress failed to pass the rescission, the spending would continue.
Giving presidents a more effective, if modest, check on runaway federal spending is constitutional, consistent with the primary conservative value of limited government, and in the best interest of taxpayers.
Our Congressional Scorecard for the 109th Congress provides a comprehensive rating of how well or how poorly each member of Congress supports pro-growth, free-market policies and will be distributed to our members and to the public.
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There are only two items on the House’s agenda for today - the Line Item Veto (which the Club is key-voting) and the watered down Death Tax compromise. It should be interesting…... [Read More]
