Slash Unconstitutional Federal Spending

Why it Matters

URGENT: Congress passed, and President Trump signed, a continuing-resolution bill to extend current federal funding levels through September 30 — kicking the can down the road, instead of taking genuine action to slash unconstitutional, wasteful federal spending. Senator Rand Paul noted on X, “Despite @DOGE’s findings of loony left-wing USAID programs, the Republican spending bill continues to fund the very foreign aid @elonmusk proposes to cut! The bill continues spending at the inflated pandemic levels and will add $2T to the debt this year.” Left out of the spending negotiations discussion is the fact that the vast majority of congressional spending is unconstitutional, falling outside its “few and defined” enumerated powers in Article I, Section 8. Accordingly, Congress must only spend money in accordance with the Constitution. Urge Congress to slash all unconstitutional spending!

Federal spending is out of control — and the vast majority of it is blatantly unconstitutional. If not stopped, this fiscal recklessness will destroy our Republic. Congress must act immediately to drastically reduce its bloated, unconstitutional spending spree.

In November 2024, the U.S. national debt surpassed $36 trillion, and it continues to quickly expand with $6 billion being borrowed every day. The Congressional Budget Office has projected that another $22 trillion will be added by 2033. Furthermore, spending levels continue to grow — for example, Congress used Covid-19 as an excuse to pass an additional $6 trillion in spending, on top of already irresponsible spending levels.

This spending is going toward wasteful and destructive priorities, including funding the ever-growing federal bureaucracy, welfare programs, and foreign interventionism. Very little of it is actually going to activities authorized by the Constitution or that benefit the American people.

Furthermore, the federal government’s massive spending — which encourages the Federal Reserve to expand the money supply — is contributing to the high inflation levels we’re seeing. Ultimately, this overspending is grossly unsustainable, and is contributing to the erosion and decline of our constitutional republic.

The only federal spending that is appropriate is the small fraction that’s constitutional — specifically authorized by Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. All other federal spending that falls outside Article I, Section 8 is unconstitutional — nor is it needed.

About 80 percent of the current federal government is unconstitutional — and it exists because Congress voted for it in direct violation of the Constitution. Congress has clearly strayed far from the Constitution, and it must immediately return to adherence. Rather than exceed its clearly defined limitations or proposing new constitutional amendments, such as a balanced budget amendment through an Article V convention, as some suggest, Congress needs to boldly enforce the Constitution as written.

Contact your U.S. representative and senators, and urge them to take bold action to restore fiscal responsibility and slash all unconstitutional federal spending.