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05-S1495 on Jul 26, 2005

OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: A bill to prohibit Federal agencies from obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports.

SPONSOR'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Sen. McCAIN: This bill would prohibit Federal agencies from obligating funds which have been earmarked only in congressional reports. This legislation is designed to help reign in unauthorized, unrequested, run-of-the-mill pork barrel projects.

Report language does not have the force of law. That fact has been lost when it comes to appropriations bills and reports. It has become a standard practice to load up committee reports with literally billions of dollars in unrequested, unauthorized, and wasteful pork barrel projects.

We simply must start making some very tough decisions around here if we are serious about improving our fiscal future.

It is simply not fiscally responsible for us to continue to load up appropriations bills with wasteful and unnecessary spending, and good deals for special interests and their lobbyists. We have had ample opportunities to tighten our belts in this town in recent years, and we have taken a pass each and every time. We can't put off the inevitable any longer.

LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management & Government Information; hearings held; never came to a vote.



Democrats participating in 05-S1495

Melissa Bean s1oIllinois Democrat
Xavier Becerra s1oCalifornia Democrat
Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
Dennis Cardoza s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ed Case s1oHawaii Democrat
Jim Cooper s1oTennessee Democrat
Peter Defazio s1oOregon Democrat
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat
Harold Ford s1oTennessee Democrat
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton s1oDistrict of Columbia Democrat
Loretta Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Mark Udall s1oCO Democratic Senate Challenger; US Rep.
Henry Waxman s1oCalifornia Democrat



Republicans participating in 05-S1495

Todd Akin s1oMissouri Republican
Spencer Bachus s1oAlabama Republican
Gresham Barrett s1oSouth Carolina Republican
Roscoe Bartlett s1oMaryland Republican
Charlie Bass s1oNew Hampshire Republican
Bob Beauprez s1oColorado Republican
Jeb Bradley s1oNew Hampshire Republican
Ginny Brown-Waite s1oFlorida Republican
Steve Chabot s1oOhio Republican
Chris Chocola s1oIndiana Republican
Tom Coburn s2iOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Tom Feeney s1oFlorida Republican
Jeff Flake s2pArizona Republican
Trent Franks s1oArizona Republican
Scott Garrett s1oNew Jersey Republican
Phil Gingrey s1oGeorgia Republican
Mark Green s1oWisconsin Republican
Gil Gutknecht s1oMinnesota Republican
Katherine Harris s1oFL Republican challenger; Former US Representative
Melissa Hart s1oPennsylvania Republican
Jeb Hensarling s1oTexas Republican
John Hostettler s1oIndiana Republican
Bob Inglis s1oSouth Carolina Republican
Sam Johnson s1oTexas Republican
Walter Beaman Jones s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Ric Keller s1oFlorida Republican
Mark Kennedy s1oMinnesota Republican
Steve King s1oIowa Republican
John Kline s1oMinnesota Republican
Jon Kyl s1oAZ Republican Jr Senator
Jim Leach s1oIowa Republican
Ron Lewis s1oKentucky Republican
Connie Mack s1oFL Former Republican Senator
Kenny Marchant s1oTexas Republican
John McCain s2pAZ Republican incumbent
Michael McCaul s1oTexas Republican
Jeff Miller s1oFlorida Republican
Jerry Moran s1oKansas Republican
Marilyn Musgrave s1oColorado Republican
Sue Myrick s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Charlie Norwood s1oGeorgia Republican
Mike Pence s1oIndiana Republican
Tom Petri s1oWisconsin Republican
Joseph Pitts s1oPennsylvania Republican
Todd Platts s1oPennsylvania Republican
Ted Poe s1oTexas Republican
Tom Price s1oGeorgia Republican
George Radanovich s1oCalifornia Republican
Jim Ramstad s1oMinnesota Republican
Dana Rohrabacher s1oCalifornia Republican
Paul Ryan s1oWisconsin Republican
John Shadegg s1oArizona Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican
Rob Simmons s1oConnecticut Republican
Tom Tancredo s1oColorado Republican
Todd Tiahrt s1oKansas Republican
Zach Wamp s1oTennessee Republican
Lynn Westmoreland s1oGeorgia Republican



Independents participating in 05-S1495



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 18
Republicans: 58
Independents: 0