TPA Urges Congress to Practice Fiscal Responsibility During Lame-Duck Session

Taxpayers Protection Alliance

November 14, 2022

For Immediate Release                                                 Contact: Abigail Graham: (202) 417-7235

November 14, 2022                                                                              

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the 117th Congress reconvenes today for the lame-duck session, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) urges Congress to practice fiscal responsibility and only focus on passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a fiscally responsible budget.

 

In response, TPA Executive Director, Patrick Hedger, offered the following comment:

 

“As Congress begins the lame-duck session today, it’s especially important that members reel in their long wish lists and focus on the true orders of duty at hand: to pass the NDAA and to properly fund the government by December 16th to avoid a government shutdown.

“Congress should resist the urge to pass legislation that should be debated fully by the new Congress because many members voting during the Lame Duck session have either retired or lost their election. That means there is zero accountability from these members after the legislation is passed.

“During this period, lawmakers must also practice prudence with regards to the debt ceiling. Congress should protect America’s credit while exercising fiscal restraint. Congress should work to fit their priorities within current budgetary constraints, not straddle the nation with loads of new debt to fund their legislative goals.  

“With a national debt of more $31 trillion, the final months of the 117th Congress should be spent wholeheartedly focused on making taxpayers’ holiday season less expensive and remembering that the greatest investment they can make in future generations is not incurring further debt.”

 

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Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public through the research, analysis and dissemination of information on the government’s effects on the economy.