IV 

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. 

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 DIAZBALART 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. 


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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 

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’ hardearned 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 


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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 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 

3 (1) Democratic Members of the House should 

4 join Republican Members of the House in a total 

5 ban on earmarks for one year; 

6 (2) discretionary spending should be reduced in 

7 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

8 year 2011 by the total amount that was spent on re9 quests for earmarks in fiscal year 2010; 


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1 (3) if spending in that resolution is not so re2 duced by the amount spent for earmarks in fiscal 

3 year 2010, an amendment to that resolution to ef4 fectuate this change should be made in order; and 

5 (4) a complete review and overhaul of the con6 gressional budgetary, spending, and earmark proc7 esses should be commenced by creating a bipartisan, 

8 bicameral committee to study the issue and submit 

9 a report to the House and Senate with its rec10 ommendations. 

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