The Congressional Budget Office's baseline is a contrivance without any economic merit that was clearly conceived by politicians who despise tax cuts and love spending.

Despite Democrat promises for earmark reform, free-spending habits persist.

The "Stop Over-Spending Act" is exactly the type of legislation that might help curb budget growth.

After Americansrushed to send billions to victims of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana legislators served us all with a federal tax bill that would fund yet more pork barrel spending in their state.

Rebuilding New Orleans should be done in an efficient manner, free of politics and pork-barrel spending; Senator Landrieu's proposal does not represent that kind of solution.

There is nothing like a transportation bill to get congressmen dreaming about their reelection campaign.

Congress should fix the grant program so that money is allocated strictly based on risk. The security of our nation depends on it. Unfortunately, the Senate bill does not achieve that goal.

The federal government should cease funding local transportation projects and then cut the gasoline tax accordingly.