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This page contains excerpts from government reports, signed by elected officials.
The federal government must reduce its size and scope, and cede certain federally operated policies and services to the states and private sector that are better equipped to handle them. One way to accomplish this would be to limit growth of government spending at or even below the inflation rate. Long-term economic growth is dependent upon sustained federal discipline. We believe this is the time to carefully assess both our domestic discretionary and our military commitments. In both areas, we face a potential fiscal imbalance between our program commitments and our available resources. Perhaps neither the Congress nor the American people fully appreciate the impact of budget decisions in these areas. We owe it to the nation and its future to undertake an honest dialogue regarding the implications of these decisions on the state, local and private sectors.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 15.
- Topic: Government Reform
- Headline: Reduce federal government size & scope, including military
(Score: -1)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
Democrats
participating in 98-RMSP4 |
| Tim Johnson |
s1a | SD Democrat Sr Senator |
Independents
participating in 98-RMSP4 |
| Jim Jeffords |
s1a | VT Independent Jr Senator |
| George Nethercutt |
s1a | WA 2004 former Republican challenger; US Representative |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
1
Republicans:
59
Independents:
2 |
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