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Federal Spending

The federal government runs massive deficits not because it taxes too little, but because it spends too much.  The current system encourages overspending and lacks enforceable spending restraints that require the politicians in Washington to prioritize our constitutional obligations and make tough decisions.  Furthermore, most in Congress believe we can continue to borrow trillions of dollars to pay for everything rather than reform, cut, and eliminate wasteful programs.

The only way to get federal spending under control is with a strong, structural, and enforceable restraint like a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.  Only then will Republicans and Democrats be forced to prioritize the nation’s constitutional obligations and put the country on a path to fiscal sustainability.

Blogs

December 2012
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12/6/12 Getting this Right, Right Now
November 2012
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11/28/12 Discussing the Fiscal Cliff
May 2012
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5/16/12 Saving The American Dream
January 2012
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1/31/12 From Economic Emergency to National Tragedy
1/24/12 Senate and Congressional Western Caucuses Response to the State of the Union – Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
1/24/12 State of the Union
November 2011
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11/2/11 The Pie That Only Gets Bigger
October 2011
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10/4/11 Joint Economic Committee Hearing with Ben Bernanke
September 2011
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9/28/11 No Debate, No Amendments and, now, No Votes?
9/1/11 Recap of Beaver and Cedar City Town Hall Meetings

Day Lee Briefings

June 2012
Date Title
6/20/12 A Government Program I would Eliminate -- Day Lee Briefing 6/20/2012
March 2012
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3/21/12 Supreme Court Basics -- Day Lee Briefing 03/21/2012
3/19/12 Status Quo is Crumbling -- Day Lee Briefing 03/19/2011
February 2012
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2/6/12 No Budget this Year -- Day Lee Briefing 02/06/2012
January 2012
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1/27/12 Budget Before Borrowing -- Day Lee Briefing 01/27/2012
1/24/12 1000 Days with No Budget -- Day Lee Briefing 01/24/2012
December 2011
Date Title
12/14/11 Senate to Vote on Two Balanced Budget Amendments Today -- Day Lee Briefing 12/14/2011
12/12/11 Lee Supports a Strong BBA -- Day Lee Briefing 12/12/2011
November 2011
Date Title
11/21/11 Super Committee Set to Fail -- Day Lee Briefing 11/21/2011
11/18/11 Tea Party Debt Commission, Obamacare, and the Balanced Budget Amendment -- Day Lee Briefing 11/18/2011

Op-Eds

September 2011
Date Title
9/21/11 A Pro-Growth Jobs Agenda
August 2011
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8/30/11 Congress Needs Structural Reform
8/29/11 Washington doesn't know best
July 2011
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7/8/11 Obama's "Recovery" Worst in Modern Times
June 2011
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6/27/11 Cut, Cap, and Balance

Press Releases

May 2012
Date Title
5/16/12 Lee Delivers Speech on Today’s Budget Vote
February 2012
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2/13/12 LEE: President’s Budget ‘Irresponsible and Shameful’
January 2012
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1/27/12 Lee Introduces Budget Before Borrowing Act
1/23/12 Lee Highlights Democrats' 1000 Days of Failure
November 2011
Date Title
11/16/11 Republicans Announce Welfare Reform Act of 2011
11/2/11 Lee Co-Sponsors Reform to Eliminate Budget Gimmicks
October 2011
Date Title
10/19/11 Lee to Offer Motion to Cut Spending
August 2011
Date Title
8/5/11 U.S. Senator Mike Lee Responds to S&P; Downgrade of United States
8/4/11 Heller, Lee , Four Senators Demand Transparency from Joint Committee
July 2011
Date Title
7/25/11 Debt Proposals are "Typical Washington Answers"

Videos

August 2011
Date Title
8/2/11 Closer to the Unknown