Budget

Congress is entrusted with ensuring that our tax dollars are spent responsibly. In light of our current national challenges, this role is especially important.

My top budget priority in the Senate is to establish greater fiscal disipline. To accomplish this, I support many budget reform measures, including:

Opposing massive spending bills and more government bailouts that will not stimulate economic growth.

Passing a strong balanced budget constitutional amendment that limits total spending and requires super-majority votes to raise taxes.

Voting for more transparency and oversight of federal spending.

Cut government waste by consolidating duplicative programs and ending unnecessary spending.

Reforming our entitlement programs to curb the unsustainable growth and to ensure that important programs can remain viable in the future. 

U.S. Senate Budget Committee

Congressional Budget Office

White House Office of Management and Budget

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    U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) announced that the Senate passed his legislation, No Washington Exemption from Obamacare, as an amendment to the budget resolution last night. Vitter’s legislation would require all Members of Congress, the President, Vice President, and all political appointees within the administration to purchase their health insurance on the Obamacare Exchange without the help of a taxpayer funded subsidy, just like any other American getting health care on the exchange.

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  • Senate Passes Vitter Amendment to End Washington Obamacare Exemption

    (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) announced that the Senate passed his legislation, No Washington Exemption from Obamacare, as an amendment to the budget bill last night. Vitter’s legislation would require all Members of Congress, the President, Vice-President, and all political appointees within the administration to purchase their health insurance on the Obamacare Exchange without the help of a taxpayer funded subsidy, just like any other American getting health care on the exchange.

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  • Senate Passes Vitter’s Steve Gleason Act as Budget Amendment

    (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) announced that the Senate unanimously passed his bipartisan legislation, the Steve Gleason Act of 2015, as an amendment to the budget bill last night. Vitter’s legislation would help patients diagnosed with diseases such as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) like Steve Gleason, former professional football player with the New Orleans Saints, live more independent lives.

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  • Senate Passes Vitter’s Opt Out of Common Core Budget Amendment

    (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today announced that the Senate has passed his amendment prohibiting the federal government from mandating, incentivizing, or coercing states to adopt specific academic standards, including the Common Core standards, curriculum or assessments, as part of the budget. Vitter’s legislation, the Local Control of Education Act, would also allow states that choose to opt out of Common Core after adoption to remain eligible for Race to the Top funding and waivers from No Child Left Behind.

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  • Vitter Announces $62.4 Million for Louisiana Projects

    (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced that several Louisiana projects received additional funds in the Army Corps of Engineers’ FY 2015 spending plan, which is a requirement of Congress in the FY 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Act.

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