House Republicans have banned all earmarks, which had come to signify the permissive spending culture of Washington.
Conference Rules Online  •  Text of Conference Rules (See Page 43) [PDF]

House Republicans voted to reduce new spending by $2.6 trillion over ten years, and reduce the deficit by $700 billion with the passage of H.R. 2, the repeal of the job-destroying health care law.
Vote Result  •  Text of the Repeal Bill [PDF]

The House passed H.R. 292, a Republican bill, to end the wasteful mandatory printing of bills introduced in Congress, saving over $30 million.
Vote Result  •  Text of the Bill [PDF]

On January 26, 2011, the House passed H.R. 359 which terminates taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.
Vote Result  •  Text of the Bill [PDF]

On February 19, 2011, the House passed H.R. 1, the Continuing Appropriations Act for 2011, which, considered under an "open rule," gave lawmakers on both sides unprecedented access to offer spending-cut amendments. The end result eliminated over $100 billion in federal spending for the remainder of FY2011.
Summary of 583 Amendments Offered  •  Federal Program Terminations & Savings [PDF]

Cut Government Spending to Pre-Stimulus, Pre-Bailout Levels
With common-sense exceptions for seniors, veterans, and our troops, we will roll back government spending to prestimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone and putting us on a path to begin paying down the debt, balancing the budget, and ending the spending spree in Washington that threatens our children’s future.

This Promise was fulfilled on January 20, 2011.
Upon passage of H.Res. 38, current government spending will be rolled back to that of the levels of FY 2008 or before. This will reduce non-security discretionary spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels.
Vote Result  •  Text of the Resolution [PDF]

Act Immediately to Reduce Spending
There is no reason to wait to reduce wasteful and unnecessary spending. Congress should move immediately to cancel unspent "stimulus" funds, and block any attempts to extend the timeline for spending "stimulus" funds. Throwing more money at a stimulus plan that is not working only wastes taxpayer money and puts us further in debt.

Establish a Hard Cap on New Discretionary Spending
We must put common-sense limits on the growth of government and stop the endless increases. Only in Washington is there an expectation that whatever your budget was last year, it will be more this year and even more the next. We will set strict budget caps to limit federal spending on an annual basis. Budget caps were used in the 1990s, when a Republican Congress was able to bring the budget into balance and eventual surplus. By cutting discretionary spending from current levels and imposing a hard cap on future growth, we will save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars.

Cut Congress' Budget
During the 111th Congress, the House of Representatives increased its own budget by 5.8% at a time when families and small businesses across the country are cutting back. We will make Congress do more with less by significantly reducing its budget.

This promise was fulfilled on January 6, 2011.
With the passage of H.Res. 22, House Republicans led by example by cutting the House budget by 5%, saving $35 million annually.
Vote Result  •  Text of the Resolution [PDF]

Hold Weekly Votes on Spending Cuts
Earlier [in 2010], House Republicans launched the YouCut initiative to combat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. Over the course of nine weeks, YouCut produced proposals to save taxpayers more than $120 billion. We will continue to hold weekly votes on spending cuts.

This promise continues to be fulfilled every week on the House floor.
Visit majorityleader.gov/YouCut to vote on the latest spending cut proposals.