House defeats 5-year plan to balance budget, ALG responds  March
29, 2012, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President
Bill Wilson today reacted to the defeat of the Republican Study
Committee’s “cut, cap, and balance” by the House of
Representatives by a vote of 136 to 285:  “It is disappointing
that the only proposal that would balance the budget this decade
has been defeated by the House of Representatives, which pledged
in 2010 to ‘put us on a path to balance the budget and pay down
the debt’. The Republican Study Committee plan would have
balanced the budget in five years, restoring order to the
nation’s fiscal house before Washington, D.C., veers off the
cliff into a European-like debt crisis.  “Americans for Limited
Government had hoped for a bold response to the oncoming freight
train of debt that threatens our nation. We strongly appreciate
the efforts of Representatives Jim Jordan, Scott Garrett, and
the majority of House Republicans who voted for this common-
sense alternative.”