Chairman urges colleagues to sign letter to President
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Chairman Cox is urging his colleagues to co-sign a letter to the President, pledging to sustain a veto on any bill that would result in unnecessary spending. The letter states:
"Dear Mr. President: To help you control spending during the remainder of the 108th Congress, we will vote to sustain any veto you exercise on the basis that the legislation you veto would result in unnecessary spending."
A simlar letter was sent to the President by Chairman Cox in 2002 and had 150 co-signers. 2002 Letter and Signers
146 Members are need to sustain a veto and as of Tuesday, April 6, 2004 there were 108 signatures.
Akin, Todd Barrett, J.Gresham Bartlett, Roscoe Barton, Joe Beauprez, Bob Blackburn, Marsha Blunt, Roy Boehner, John Brady, Kevin Burr, Richard Burton, Dan Camp, Dave Cannon, Chris Cantor, Eric Carter, John Chabot, Steve Chocola, Chris Cole, Tom Collins, Mac Cox, Chris Crane, Phil Cubin, Barbara Culberson, John Davis, Jo Ann DeMint, Jim Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Doolittle, John Dreier, David Dunn, Jennifer Feeney, Tom Flake, Jeff Forbes, Randy Franks, Trent Gallegly, Elton Garrett, Scott Gibbons, Jim Gingrey, Phil Goode, Virgil Goodlatte, Bob Graves, Sam Green, Mark Gutknecht, Gil Hall, Ralph Hart, Melissa Hayworth, J.D. Hefley, Joel Hensarling, Jeb Herger, Wally Hoekstra, Pete Hostettler, John Hyde, Henry Isakson, Johnny Issa, Darrell Istook, Ernest Jenkins, William Johnson, Sam Jones, Walter Keller, Ric Kennedy, Mark King, Steve Kingston, Jack Kirk, Steven Kline, John Kolbe, Jim Lewis, Ron Linder, John Manzullo, Donald Mcinnis, Scott McKeon, Buck Miller, Jeff Musgrave, Marilyn Myrick, Sue Neugebauer, Randy Norwood, Charlie Nussle, Jim Ose, Doug Otter, Butch Paul, Ron Pence, Mike Pitts, Joseph Pombo, Richard Puntam, Adam Radanovich, George Ramstad, Jim Reynolds, Tom Rogers, Mike (AL-3) Rohrabacher, Dana Royce, Ed Ryan, Paul Ryun, Jim Schrock, Ed Sensenbrenner, James Sessions, Pete Shadegg, John Shays, Christopher Shimkus, John Smith, Nick Souder, Mark Stearns, Cliff Sullivan, John Tancredo, Tom Terry, Lee Tiahrt, Todd Tiberi, Patrick Toomey, Pat Vitter, David Wilson, Joe
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