Congressman Rothman Votes in Favor of New Federal Budget

Congressman Rothman Votes in Favor of New Federal Budget

Today, Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) voted in favor of the House budget resolution which passed 233 - 196.

"This budget serves as a long term economic plan that will get our economy working again and put us on a path towards sustained economic growth and renewed prosperity," said Rothman. "With this budget we are making the tough choices to turn our economy around. This economic plan takes the necessary steps to move our economy in a new direction, cut the deficit and stimulate broad growth for a successful future."

This long term economic plan will cut the deficit nearly two-thirds by 2013. It cuts taxes for middle class families by $1.5 trillion. It will create jobs and grow our economy with targeted investments and reforms in health care, clean energy and education while reducing non-defense discretionary spending to its lowest level in nearly 50 years. This long term economic plan ushers in a new era of honesty in budgeting by fully accounting for expenses like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and requires all new programs to be fully paid for, and not financed with borrowed money. This budget also makes an unprecedented effort to root out waste, fraud and abuse in government spending.

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