Ron Paul votes against unsustainable deficit spending

Republican presidential candidate and 10-term Texas Congressman Ron Paul voted Tuesday to uphold President Bush’s veto on the controversial water projects measure that authorizes over 900 projects that could cost $38 billion to complete. The measure, attached to a $215 billion spending bill, was condemned by Congressman Paul and many other House Republicans as an exercise in government waste and unsustainable deficit spending. President Bush’s veto was overturned by Democrats and fiscally liberal Republicans in both the House and Senate in favor of a $606 billion House-Senate compromise measure.

Most 2008 presidential hopefuls did not vote on this important bill, including fellow Republican contenders Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, and John McCain. Congressman Paul was thus the only 2008 Republican presidential candidate to vote on the measure.

“Americans want a Republican Party nominee who is a real Republican, actively fighting to curb uncontrollable government spending, voting against bloated bills like these,” said Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. “Apparently Senator McCain isn’t interested in fiscal restraint. Congressman Paul, however, is, and he continues to be the only real Republican fighting to control spending.”