[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1289 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1289

Expressing the sense of the House that Democratic Members of the House 
should join Republican Members of the House in a total ban on earmarks 
 for one year, that total discretionary spending should be reduced by 
    the amount saved by earmark moratoriums, and that a bipartisan, 
   bicameral committee should be created to review and overhaul the 
              budgetary, spending, and earmark processes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2010

 Mr. Goodlatte (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Cantor, Mr. McCarthy of 
 California, Mr. Pence, Mr. McCotter, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Akin, 
 Mr. Alexander, Mr. Austria, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Barrett of 
 South Carolina, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. 
Bilbray, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, 
  Mr. Bonner, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Brady of 
  Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. 
 Buchanan, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Calvert, 
   Mr. Camp, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Carter, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
Castle, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Coble, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Conaway, 
   Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Dent, Mr. 
 Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. 
 Dreier, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Ehlers, Mrs. Emerson, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Flake, 
   Mr. Fleming, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Franks of 
  Arizona, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. 
Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Ms. Granger, Mr. Graves, Mr. Griffith, 
Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Harper, Mr. Hastings of Washington, 
 Mr. Heller, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
Inglis, Mr. Issa, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Sam Johnson 
    of Texas, Mr. Jones, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
Kingston, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
 LaTourette, Mr. Latta, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. Lewis of California, 
Mr. Linder, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. 
Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Mack, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Marchant, 
Mr. McCaul, Mr. McClintock, Mr. McHenry, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Mica, Mr. Gary 
    G. Miller of California, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Miller of 
Michigan, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Nunes, 
  Mr. Olson, Mr. Petri, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. 
 Posey, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Rehberg, 
 Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, 
 Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Roskam, Ms. 
   Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Royce, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Scalise, Mrs. 
Schmidt, Mr. Schock, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
 Shimkus, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of 
 Texas, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Terry, Mr. Thompson 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Turner, 
 Mr. Upton, Mr. Walden, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Aderholt, and Mr. 
Simpson) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House that Democratic Members of the House 
should join Republican Members of the House in a total ban on earmarks 
 for one year, that total discretionary spending should be reduced by 
    the amount saved by earmark moratoriums, and that a bipartisan, 
   bicameral committee should be created to review and overhaul the 
              budgetary, spending, and earmark processes.

Whereas families all across our Nation must make tough decisions each day about 
        what they can and cannot afford;
Whereas Government officials should be required to exercise an even higher 
        standard when spending taxpayers' hard-earned income;
Whereas Thomas Jefferson once wrote: ``To preserve [the] independence [of the 
        people,] we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must 
        make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and 
        servitude.'';
Whereas our national debt is at its highest level ever;
Whereas the Federal budget deficit is projected to exceed $1 trillion for the 
        next two fiscal years and hover around $800 billion annually for the 
        foreseeable future;
Whereas current levels of spending are simply unsustainable;
Whereas it is time for Congress to wake up and see that the Federal deficits and 
        the national debt have reached crisis status;
Whereas Congress must control spending, paving the way for a return to surpluses 
        and ultimately paying down the national debt, rather than allow big 
        spenders to lead us further down the road of chronic deficits and in so 
        doing leave our children and grandchildren saddled with debt that is not 
        their own; and
Whereas Republican Members of the House have adopted a one-year total moratorium 
        on all congressional earmarks: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) Democratic Members of the House should join Republican 
        Members of the House in a total ban on earmarks for one year;
            (2) discretionary spending should be reduced in the 
        concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2011 by the 
        total amount that was spent on requests for earmarks in fiscal 
        year 2010;
            (3) if spending in that resolution is not so reduced by the 
        amount spent for earmarks in fiscal year 2010, an amendment to 
        that resolution to effectuate this change should be made in 
        order; and
            (4) a complete review and overhaul of the congressional 
        budgetary, spending, and earmark processes should be commenced 
        by creating a bipartisan, bicameral committee to study the 
        issue and submit a report to the House and Senate with its 
        recommendations.
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