LORTON – Today, PolitiFact Virginia noted that Mark Warner has made a “full flop” on his position on a constitutional balanced budget amendment. This PolitiFact comes after the Gillespie campaign released a web video exposing Mark Warner’s flip flop.
In 1996, Mark Warner said, “For too long Congress, even though politician after politician makes promises that we’ll balance the budget soon, year after year, the deficit goes up. I think we need a constitutional amendment to balance that budget and I think we need it now.”
Concerning Senator Warner’s flip flop, Ed Gillespie said, “We knew that Mark Warner flipped his position on a balanced budget amendment and voted for 7 trillion dollars in new debt. Today, Senator Warner said he changed his mind on the balanced budget amendment in 2002, but never bothered to let voters know until he voted against it on the Senate floor. Virginians are tired of excuses and ready for leadership on this issue. I’ll not only vote for a balanced budget amendment, I’ll introduce one because it’s time we stop spending money we just don’t have.”
Ed Gillespie helped get the first federal balanced budget in 25 years and helped reform our welfare system:
“As a top congressional leadership aide, Ed Gillespie played a critical role in getting to the first balanced budget in 25 years, and enacting welfare reform legislation that helped people move from welfare to work. His knowledge of policy and understanding of how to get things done will make him an effective Senator for the people of Virginia.” -Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader (1995-2003) and U.S. Representative from Texas (1985-2003)
Ed Gillespie was a principle drafter of the Contract with America, pointing out in 1994:
“Americans know that without a balanced budget amendment, Congress is not going to reconcile spending and taxes and we’ll never get spending under control.” (Ed Gillespie on C-SPAN, Nov. 1, 1994)
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