Fifth GOP presidential primary debate: on Government Reform


Nikki Haley: Take many federal programs and send them to the states

So we'll stop the spending. We'll stop the borrowing. We'll eliminate the earmarks. And I will veto any spending bill that doesn't take us back to pre-COVID levels. That will save us trillions.

And then we're going to go and take as many federal programs as we can and send them down to the states. That will reduce the size of the federal government, but it will empower people on the ground. Think health care. Think welfare. Think education -- if we started doing that.

Source: CNN Town Hall 2024 pre-Iowa caucus Jan 4, 2024

Ron DeSantis: All laws should apply to Congress too

[On Congressional reforms]: Number 1, we need term limits for members of Congress. Number 2, we need a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution. Number 3, we need to give the president a line item veto. And, number 4, when you see all these Congressmen making a killing in the stock market, we need a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that says very simply "Congress shall make no law respecting the citizens of the United States that does not also apply to members of Congress themselves."
Source: CNN 2024 pre-Iowa caucus one-on-one debate Jan 10, 2024

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2016 Presidential contenders on Government Reform:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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