George Holding promised voters he’d go to Washington to cut spending, and four months into the job, he hears pitches for what sound like good programs.
But his answer is often the same:
“Sorry. But no.”
As a member of Congress, Holding has had chances to make good on his promise to cut spending. He voted against $33 billion in supplemental spending for Superstorm Sandy relief, and against an estimated $46 million proposal to preserve Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlefields. He said he opposed the Sandy supplemental bill because some of the money was for non-emergency spending unrelated to the storm. But he supported legislation that sent immediate aid for the storm victims.
He also voted for $1.3 billion over five years for medical residency training programs at children’s hospitals, a decision that created frowns at the Heritage Action for America, a conservative advocacy group. In the other six of the seven votes the group measured, Holding received its approval.
