Dear Member of Congress:
On behalf of our organizations and the millions of members we represent, we urge you to ensure that any legislation providing discretionary funding for Fiscal Year 2016 adhere to the discretionary spending levels set forth by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA).
Congress passed the BCA with bipartisan support and a promise to cap overall discretionary spending every year for the following decade. Even with these modest spending limits, discretionary spending will still increase in 2016 and every year thereafter.
Since its implementation, the BCA has been a rare victory for fiscal responsibility in Washington and has helped to control the growth of government spending and reduce deficits. Sadly, though not surprisingly, some in Washington want to abandon the BCA caps in order to spend more taxpayer money and add to the growing debt burden for current and future generations.
Facing an $18 trillion national debt, abandoning these modest spending limits by directly breaking the BCA caps or using budget gimmicks to get around them would be fiscally irresponsible and send a dangerous message to the American people. Hard-working Americans deserve to have their policymakers live up to their promises on spending. Under the BCA, total discretionary budget authority in FY 2016 is capped at $1.016 trillion. Any discretionary spending legislation exceeding that level would break the promise made to the American taxpayers.
Sincerely,
Marc Short, President
Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce
Phil Kerpen, President
American Commitment
Coley Jackson, President
Americans for Competitive Enterprise
Rick Manning, President
Americans for Limited Government
Brent Gardner, Vice President of Government Affairs
Americans for Prosperity
Grover Norquist, President
Americans for Tax Reform
Norm Singleton, Senior Vice President
Campaign for Liberty
Andrew F. Quinlan, President
Center for Freedom & Prosperity
Tom Schatz, President
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
David McIntosh, President
Club for Growth
Jonathan Bydlak, President
Coalition to Reduce Spending
Lawson Bader, President
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Pete Hegseth, CEO
Concerned Veterans for America
Penny Nance, President and CEO
Concerned Women for America
Adam Brandon, President and CEO
FreedomWorks
Andrew Clark, President
Generation Opportunity
Mario H. Lopez, President
Hispanic Leadership Fund
Heather R. Higgins, President and CEO
Independent Women’s Voice
Carrie Lukas, Managing Director
Independent Women’s Forum
Daniel Garza, Executive Director
The Libre Initiative
Brandon Arnold, Executive Vice President
National Taxpayer Union
Andrew Moylan, Executive Director
R Street Institute
Steve Ellis, Vice President
Taxpayers for Common Sense
Paul J. Gessing, President
Rio Grande Foundation