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Issue Position: Controlling Debt and Cutting Government Spending

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2016
Issues: Budget, Spending and Taxes

In just his first term in Congress, Barry has aggressively taken on the task of cutting the scope and size of government and reigning in government spending. After working with members of both the US House and Senate, Barry introduced an amendment to the US Constitution requiring Congress to Balance the Budget. The Loudermilk Balanced Budget Amendment (HJ Res 85) requires Congress to balance the federal budget, limits spending to 18% GDP and rolls all federal revenues under Congressional Control.

"I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government; I mean an additional article taking from the Federal Government the power of borrowing." -Thomas Jefferson, 1798


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