Why Won’t John Spratt Do His Job and Write a Budget?

Washington– The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has launched a TV ad in South Carolina’s Fifth Congressional District targeting Nancy Pelosi’s House Budget Chairman John Spratt on his refusal to write a federal budget. While American families and small business owners express their concerns about keeping the budget deficit down, Spratt has remained fiercely loyal to Speaker Pelosi in helping to push the Democrats’ out-of-control spending spree through Congress. By refusing to write a budget (the first time the House hasn’t passed one since 1974), John Spratt has dismissed an opportunity to rein in government spending and provide the fiscal discipline needed to create jobs and grow the economy.

“While American families and small business owners are forced to make tough economic choices this year, Budget Chairman John Spratt refuses to write a budget to rein in his party’s runaway spending and restore the kind of fiscal discipline that is essential for job creation,” said NRCC Communications Director Ken Spain. “With the national debt at the highest level in history, Spratt owes it to American families to produce a responsible budget to get the economy back on track and to alleviate the future burden on our children and grandchildren. By ignoring the demands of Americans who are pleading for fiscal responsibility in Washington and failing to write a budget, John Spratt has effectively written his own political obituary.”