Dennis Kucinich possible presidential campaign, 2016/Budgets
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- In 2011, Dennis Kucinich voted against HJRes 2, a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment would have prohibited "outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts."[1]
- In 2011, Kucinich voted for HR 2663, which increased the federal debt limit.[2]
- In 2009, Kucinich voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a stimulus bill that spent $825 billion.[3]
- In 2006, Kucinich voted against HR 2890, which would have given the president line-item veto authority by providing "for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority."[4]
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- ↑ U.S. Congress, "H.J.Res.2 - Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States," accessed April 21, 2015
- ↑ U.S. Congress, "H.R.2663 - America Pays Its Bills Act of 2011," accessed April 21, 2015
- ↑ U.S. Congress, "H.R.1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," accessed April 21, 2015
- ↑ GovTrack, "H.R. 4890 (109th): Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006," accessed April 21, 2015