Jeb’s Presidential Promise

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush vowed on Monday to shake up Washington's culture if he reaches the White House, calling for stricter controls on government spending and a longer ban on lobbying by former members of Congress.

Bush proposed a federal balanced budget amendment and presidential line-item veto power, as well as a freeze on government hiring.

Jeb Bush kicked off a series of policy speeches in his old political stomping ground on Monday, rolling out a reform agenda for “Mount Washington,” a spinoff of the nickname he gave Tallahassee during his eight years as governor.
“We used to call this city 'Mount Tallahassee' because it was so remote from the people, caught up in the settled ways of a comfortable establishment,” Bush said to an audience of political supporters.
The former governor, who served from 1999 through 2007, used the