YouCut – a first-of-its-kind project – is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact. Each week that the House is in session, we will take the winning item and offer it to the full House for an up-or-down vote, so that you can see where your representative stands on your priorities. Vote on this page today for your priorities and together we can begin to change Washington’s culture of spending into a culture of savings.
Previous Cuts Chosen By the Public
Each week, the public votes on which items should be brought to the House Floor. Here is a list of previous winning items.
Week One: Cut the New Non-Reformed Welfare Program ($25 Billion Sav…
Week Two: Eliminate Federal Employee Pay Raise ($30 Billion Savings)
Week Three: Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ($30 Billion Savings)
Week Four: Sell Excess Federal Property ($15 Billion Savings)
Week Five: Prohibit Hiring New IRS Agents to Enforce Health Care La…
Week Six: Taxpayer Subsidized Union Activities ($1.2 Billion Savings)
Week Seven: Prohibit Stimulus Funding for Promotional Signage (Tens…
Week Eight: Prohibit Sleeper Car Subsidies on Amtrak ($1.2 billion …
Week Nine: Bipartisan Proposal to Terminate AEITC ($1.1 billion Sav…
Week Ten: Require Collection of Unpaid Taxes From Federal Employees…
Week Eleven: Reduce Government Employment to 2008 Levels ($35 billi…
Week Twelve: End the TARP Program Prohibiting Any Additional Bailouts
Week Thirteen: End Taxpayer Funding of National Public Radio
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