Balance: McCaskill Ad

Exactly a month ago Senator McCaskill released the ad called "Balance" where she talks about cutting federal spending and balancing the budget. Her way of helping with this, according to the ad, are to reform defense contracting, ban earmarks, and put a cap on federal spending. Has the Senator done these acts though? We are here to find out.

Senator McCaskill currently sits is the Senate sub-committee chairman for contract oversight, so she is in a perfect position to do reform to defense contracting. She has attempted to pass legislation on the issue of reform, which is currently waiting a vote in the committee. The bill is intended to increase oversight authority of inspector generals to help combat any potential fraud and abuse by these defense contractors.

Senator McCaskill has also come out against earmarks. This is shown by her attempts at bi-partisanship to work with Senator Toomey (R-Penn) in their attempt to put a temporary moratorium on earmarks. This video (right) shows Senator Toomey and Senator McCaskill in an official capacity introducing that very bill and how they disagree with earmarks.

Lastly, Senator McCaskill has come out publicly for a federal spending cap. In another bi-partisan effort, the Senator, along with Senator Corker (R-Tenn), released a bill called Commitment to American Prosperity Act, or the CAP Act. The act would put a cap on federal spending that would gradual decrease of a 10 year period, forcing the government to be smaller and smaller every year.   

So in conclusion, this ad "Balance" was as true as it can get for the Senator. She did everything she claimed at one point in time, and hasn't seemed to break from that at all. Of course, we leave it up to you readers to decided if what she did was right.