Marino: Cut, Cap, and Balance Act Is What Americans Want  Rep.
Tom Marino and freshman lawmakers speak outside White House on
July 19, urging President Obama to `show us your plan.` Marino
Votes for HR2560    House passage of HR 2560 sends the measure
to the Senate and to what critics are calling a likely death.
The bill passed by a 234-190 vote.  Marino discounted criticism
that the move by the House is symbolic.  “I don’t vote
symbolic,” he said. “This is what the American people want. They
want us to cut spending and cap our expenditures, just like they
are forced to do on a daily basis.  “They want us to only spend
what we take in and since we haven’t been able to do that for
decades, this bill includes a balanced budget requirement,”
Marino said.  HR2560 places a statutory cap on federal spending
and requires the passage of a balanced budget amendment to the
U.S. Constitution before increasing the nation’s debt ceiling.
The Cut, Cap, and Balance Act excludes national defense from
spending caps – a safeg