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On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to vote YES on the Pennies Plan Balanced Budget, S. 1332. Introduced by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the Pennies Plan Balanced Budget would cut two cents for every dollar of on-budget spending beginning in FY 2020. This would balance the federal budget by FY 2024, without making any changes to Social Security.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) decisions to block the House from passing the Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 2157, a disaster relief package, without any debate, Jason Pye, FreedomWorks Vice President of Legislative Affairs, commented:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FreedomWorks supports the House Freedom Caucus’ opposition to a potential deal between Congressional leadership that would bust the discretionary spending caps. Jason Pye, FreedomWorks Vice President of Legislative Affairs, commented:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the House Republican Study Committee’s release of its Fiscal Year 2020 Budget, “Preserving American Freedom,” Jason Pye, FreedomWorks Vice President of Legislative Affairs, commented:
As the House considers the fifth discretionary spending limits bill, the Investing for the People Act, since the Budget Control Act of 2011, it is worth taking a serious look at what that debate means in the scheme of federal spending. It matters but is far from the true root of our fiscal insanity. Nondefense discretionary spending is projected to represent about 15 percent of federal spending in 2019, or about $669 billion out of the expected budget of over $4.4 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Congress could eliminate all nondefense discretionary spending and still run a large budget deficit of more than $300 billion.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FreedomWorks along with a coalition of conservative organizations, today issues a letter urging Congress to oppose legislation that would exceed the spending caps established in the 2011 Budget Control Act for either FY 2020 or 2021. Should Congress decide to exceed the 2011 spending caps, it would be the fifth time it has done so.
As our debt soars above $22 trillion and continues to grow, Democrats are seeking yet another deal to bust discretionary spending caps. However, politicians on both sides of the aisle are ignoring -- as has become routine -- the true drivers of our debt crisis: mandatory spending.
House Democrats are considering pushing a massive tax Opens a New Window. hike on American workers, regardless of their income level, as part of a bill to expand Social Security. There’s no question that Social Security Opens a New Window. faces significant funding issues, but there are better ways to reform the program than increasing payroll taxes Opens a New Window. on every employer and worker.
FreedomWorks Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council, Tea Party Patriots and Committee to Unleash Prosperity in partnership with a coalition of conservative organizations and prominent individuals, launched the Save Our Country Task Force.