King Opposes Massive
Spending Bill
WASHINGTON
– U.S. Congressman
Steve King (IA-05)
voted Wednesday to
save taxpayers
billions of dollars.
The U.S. House
passed a spending
bill to fund the
federal government
through the end of
the year.
Republicans set
federal spending
levels in December
to save taxpayers $7
billion this year
and keep the budget
on track to reduce
the federal deficit.
However, on
Wednesday House
Democrats refused to
use that opportunity
to save taxpayers
billions and instead
will spend the
taxpayer dollars on
their countless
hidden earmarks.
King opposed the
bill.
"Democrats would
just rather put the
burden of an
enormous deficit on
our children and
grandchildren as
they craft these
huge spending bills
behind closed
doors," said King.
"Taxpayers demand
transparency and
accountability when
it comes to their
hard-earned money."
King authored and
recently introduced
the
Sunlight Act
to simplify the
lawmaking process
for the public to
see and give the
public more time to
contact their
representatives
before a bill is
voted on. It
requires any bill,
resolution or
conference report to
be available on the
internet to the
public at least 48
hours before a vote.
Currently, some
bills and amendments
are voted on without
the chance for
taxpayers to read
them and provide
their input.
