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Sign the PetitionSupport Senator John Thune’s Common Sense Budget Reform Bill Senator John Thune, Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, has introduced legislation that will begin to tackle the nation's ballooning $13 trillion debt by reforming the budget process and cutting federal spending and borrowing. “As families across our country make tough financial choices to live within their means, Washington continues to spend borrowed money at an alarming and dangerous rate,” said Thune. “My bill would cut and cap spending, reform the broken budget process, end the trust fund dishonesty, and create a new permanent joint Congressional committee tasked with continuously cutting the deficit without raising taxes. While my proposal will not be a cure-all for our nation's economic woes, it would fundamentally change the way Congress does business. “Our dangerous national debt is not an issue we can continue to pass along to future generations of Americans. This legislation is a necessary first step toward reining in Washington's runaway spending habits, while restoring fiscal accountability to our government.” Thune's budget reform legislation, The Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of 2010, takes a three-pronged approach to reducing the rapidly expanding burden of growing debt and deficits for American families and businesses. By imposing strict new limits on federal spending, reforming the budget process, and creating a new standing committee of Congress for budget deficit reduction, Congress can prove to the American people that it is serious about cutting spending and growing our economy. Click here to read an endorsement letter from the National Taxpayer's Union.
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Click here to read Sen. Thune's column in The Hill newspaper.Click here to read The Hill newspaper story on Sen. Thune's push for biennial budgets gaining steam.
Part I: Eliminating Wasteful SpendingDiscretionary Spending CapsEstablishes binding spending caps for all non-defense, non-veteran, non-homeland security discretionary spending from 2011 to 2020 at Fiscal-Year 2008 levels. Stop Stimulus SpendingEnds unobligated stimulus spending on September 30, 2010. Stimulus tax provisions would be allowed to expire on December 31, 2010, as enacted by the stimulus bill. Part II: Budget ReformImproving PAYGO and Trust Fund AccountingThis provision would end the practice of double counting spending reductions and revenue increases in spending legislation. Binding Federal BudgetReforms the budget process by requiring a binding joint budget resolution. Since the joint resolution would have to be signed into law, the Administration and Congress would be forced to work more closely on the joint budget resolution, and Congress would have less flexibility to violate budget restraints on federal spending. Biennial BudgetEstablishes a biennial budget. In odd numbered years, Congress would pass a two-year budget. In even numbered years, Congress would pass two-year appropriation bills. This process would give Congress more time for oversight of government spending. Congress has only completed all of the annual appropriation bills on time in four of the last 34 years, and this year Congress didn’t even pass a budget. Legislative Line-Item VetoCreates a legislative line-item veto. The President may propose to Congress a cancellation of any discretionary spending item, direct spending item, limited tariff benefit or targeted tax benefit contained within a bill or joint resolution. Upon Congressional approval, any cancellations must be applied to reducing the deficit. Part III: New Joint Committee on Deficit ReductionStanding Joint Committee of Congress on Deficit ReductionCreates a permanent Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction composed of a bipartisan group of 20 members—10 from the House of Representatives and 10 from the Senate. Every other year, the new Joint Committee must introduce legislation that eliminates or reduces spending on wasteful government programs and achieves a savings of at least 10 percent of the previous year’s budget deficit. The legislation to reduce spending or wasteful programs would receive expedited consideration in the House and Senate. All the committees in Congress are currently dedicated to spending money. This would create a committee dedicated to cutting wasteful spending.
Thanks for Participating!Click here to see photos from some recent campaign events! Our campaign is gearing up, and we'll be participating in parades and other events across South Dakota this summer. Please sign up to campaign with Senator Thune, and someone from our campaign will contact you with the details. Our volunteers will receive a “Thune!” shirt to wear in parades, so let us know what size you need. Click here to view photos of parades we've participated in so far this year. The tentative summer parade schedule is listed below. We hope you can join us on the campaign trail and help elect more Republicans in November! July 3 – Kranzburg 4th of July Parade – Kranzburg * * Senator Thune is scheduled to attend these events.
Sign Up to ParticipateOur campaign is gearing up, and we'll be participating in parades and other events across South Dakota this summer. Please sign up to campaign with Senator Thune, and someone from our campaign will contact you with the details. Our volunteers will receive a “Thune!” shirt to wear in parades, so let us know what size you need. Click here to view photos of parades we've participated in so far this year. The tentative summer parade schedule is listed below. We hope you can join us on the campaign trail and help elect more Republicans in November! July 3 – Kranzburg 4th of July Parade – Kranzburg * * Senator Thune is scheduled to attend these events.
Sign the PetitionJoin me in opposing President Obama's Cap and Tax plan.
It’s clear the Obama/Pelosi/Reid “solution” for every problem is more bureaucrats, more spending, and more taxes. And they already have their eyes on their next goal—one that would increase your utility bills and raise the price of gasoline. The Obama "energy plan" will cap CO2 emissions and levy new taxes to be paid by the American people. Proponents of the bill will be careful to not call it “Cap & Trade”, but the name change is nothing but political gamesmanship. In fact, the goal of this legislation is increased prices. Proponents hope that by increasing the cost of energy, Americans will use less. But as we struggle to overcome an economic crisis, now is not the time for new taxes and government-forced energy inflation. American families simply cannot afford President Obama’s cap and tax plan. A better way to grow our economy and create jobs would be to increase domestic production of American energy resources.
Thanks for signing the petition!It’s clear the Obama/Pelosi/Reid “solution” for every problem is more bureaucrats, more spending, and more taxes. They already have their eyes on their next goal—one that would increase your utility bills and raise the price of gasoline. Help me stop President Obama’s Cap & Tax plan. Your support will help me spread the word about the dangers of this bill.
Sign the PetitionJoin me in opposing President Obama's Cap and Tax plan.
It’s clear the Obama/Pelosi/Reid “solution” for every problem is more bureaucrats, more spending, and more taxes. And they already have their eyes on their next goal—one that would increase your utility bills and raise the price of gasoline. The Obama "energy plan" will cap CO2 emissions and levy new taxes to be paid by the American people. Proponents of the bill will be careful to not call it “Cap & Trade”, but the name change is nothing but political gamesmanship. In fact, the goal of this legislation is increased prices. Proponents hope that by increasing the cost of energy, Americans will use less. But as we struggle to overcome an economic crisis, now is not the time for new taxes and government-forced energy inflation. American families simply cannot afford President Obama’s cap and tax plan. A better way to grow our economy and create jobs would be to increase domestic production of American energy resources.
Sign the PetitionJoin me in opposing President Obama's Cap and Tax plan. It’s clear the Obama/Pelosi/Reid “solution” for every problem is more bureaucrats, more spending, and more taxes. And they already have their eyes on their next goal—one that would increase your utility bills and raise the price of gasoline. The Obama "energy plan" will cap CO2 emissions and levy new taxes to be paid by the American people. Proponents of the bill will be careful to not call it “Cap & Trade”, but the name change is nothing but political gamesmanship. In fact, the goal of this legislation is increased prices. Proponents hope that by increasing the cost of energy, Americans will use less. But as we struggle to overcome an economic crisis, now is not the time for new taxes and government-forced energy inflation. President Obama and his allies aren’t hiding the fact that they want legislation to increase energy prices. During the 2008 campaign, President Obama said: Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. …Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it — whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers. The President also said, “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees” at all times. The President’s senior advisors agree:
American families simply cannot afford President Obama’s cap and tax plan. A better way to grow our economy and create jobs would be to increase domestic production of American energy resources.
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Last week at a town hall meeting with President Obama, a woman named Doris from Lake Wylie, South Carolina stood and asked a simple question.
The answer to that question is NO. It is NOT a wise decision to add more taxes. And yes, we are over-taxed as it is. But it seems President Obama doesn’t want to answer that simple question. He took 17 minutes to respond, and by all accounts failed to give her a straight answer. The President did tell Doris that, "this is an area where there has been a whole lot of misinformation." Yet it seems the biggest source of "misinformation" is President Obama's attempt to hide from his new tax increase. So let’s take a minute to answer Doris’ question with simple, straightforward facts. 1) ObamaCare is a massive $569.2 BILLION tax increase. 2) ObamaCare will raise $60 billion in taxes BEFORE any major “benefits” being in 2014. President Obama’s health “reform” bill is full of new taxes and tax increases. Among them: • Taxes on individuals who can't afford or don't purchase insurance. • Excise taxes on existing health insurance plans. This tax will overwhelmingly impact middle-class Americans. • Taxes for hiring workers. These taxes will be levied on some companies employing as few as 50 workers. • New taxes on investment income. This tax could further slow our economic recovery. • New taxes and fees on medical devices—a cost which will be passed on to patients. • And more… How will new taxes effect your family and our economy?
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Sign the PetitionJoin me to support repeal & replacement of the Obama/Reid/Pelosi health care bill. Using unprecedented budget gimmicks, backroom deals and strong-arm tactics the Democrats have passed the Obama/Reid/Pelosi health care “reform” bill on a straight party-line vote in both the Senate and House. The only bipartisan aspect of this bill is the staunch opposition to it. What this bill will do:
Read more about the Democrats' bill here.
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Sign the PetitionSign Senator John Thune’s Petition to say no to the Democrat's Health Care Bill. In spite of bipartisan opposition to the Pelosi/Reid/Obama health care legislation, Democrats in Congress are attempting to pass this ill-considered bill on a partisan basis with only a bare-majority of votes, bypassing the Senate's filibuster rules to jam through legislation that the American public clearly opposes. This bill will raise taxes, increase the cost of insurance, do nothing to contain health care costs, and will further increase federal spending, the federal budget deficit and our national debt that will burden future generations and hamper economic growth. Please join with me today to oppose this bill and the use of reconciliation to pass it. Sincerely, John Thune Read the latest news about this issue on my health care blog. And read more about the Democrats' bill here.
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