I also support a law putting the entire budget and appropriations process of the federal government on a biannual basis, as is done in my state and 20 other states. If the discord in Washington never seems to end, this is partly because the budget process never seems to end. Next, I will address the longstanding source of public irritation and outrage, the habit of pork barrel spending. This confusion is a source of too much waste and haggling and bargaining and ultimate resentment in our nation's capital. We've all heard examples of wasteful spending.
Examples come every year, and the process, though, never really seems to change.
I support the establishment of a bipartisan commission to eliminate pork throughout the entire federal government. Such an idea needs a presidential push, and that's what I intend to give it. This panel will submit to Congress a list of all the spending projects deemed frivolous and unnecessary. The Congress will then cast a simple up or down vote - there would be no amendments, no back scratching, or no logrolling. And a good place to start is in the nomination and confirmation process.