Lindsey Graham presidential campaign, 2016/Budgets
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 Lindsey Graham |
U.S. Senator (Assumed office: 2003) U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2003) |
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- In an op-ed for CNBC on October 15, 2015, Lindsey Graham explained how he would prevent “the coming debt crisis.” Graham’s plan included raising the retirement age for Social Security, eliminating the payroll tax and “expanding rehabilitation and work opportunities for those on disability.” He would also cap individual and corporate tax deductions and require that “[a]ny new revenues would have to be paired with spending cuts in a 3:1 ratio of cuts to revenues.”[2]
- Lindsey Graham serves on the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations and the United States Senate Committee on Budget.
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- Graham voted for H.R.3547 - the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September 30, 2014. The omnibus package included 12 annual spending bills to fund federal operations. It included a 1 percent increase in the paychecks of federal workers and military personnel, a $1 billion increase in Head Start funding for early childhood education, reduced funding to the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency and left the Affordable Care Act without any drastic cuts. It became law on January 17, 2014.[3]
- Graham voted for H.R.2775 - the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, which re-opened the government after the shutdown and funded it through January 15, 2014.[4]
- Graham voted for H.R.325 - the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013. The bill temporarily suspended the debt ceiling and withheld the pay of members of Congress until a budget was passed. It became law on February 4, 2014.[5]
- Graham co-sponsored S.1340 - the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011, which proposed cutting federal spending, putting a limit on future spending and increasing the debt ceiling.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ NPR, "Lindsey Graham Ends Presidential Bid," December 21, 2015
- ↑ CNBC, "What I'll do to fix the debt crisis," October 15, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “H.R.3547 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014,” accessed January 23, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “H.R.2775 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014,” accessed January 25, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “H.R.325 - No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013,” accessed January 25, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, “S.1340 - the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011,” accessed January 22, 2015
